Question

Ethan is painting his deck. The deck was

Answer 1

I’m so sorry if I’m wrong but wouldn’t it be 361?

You would find the total area of the deck and then the area of the hole and subtract the area of the hole from the area of the total deck to get 361

Answer 2

361 square feet

Start by getting the area of the whole deck.
Area of rectangle = length x width
A = 29 x 13
A = 377

Now we need the area of the cut-out portion.
Area of square = side^2 or side x side
A = 4 x 4
A = 16

Now subtract the area that was cut out from the area of the whole deck.

377 - 16 = 361 square feet