You can divide the figure as follows:
- A vertical rectangle, 5 meters tall and 2 meters wide, on the top right.
- A horizontal rectangle, 2 meters tall and 5 meters wide, on the bottom left
- A 2x2 meters square on the bottom right, where the two rectangles meet.
The area of the rectangles is 5x2=10 meters squared, while the area of the square is 2x2=4 meters squared.
So, the total area is 10+4=14 meters squared.
We know that
4 3/4---------> (4*4+3)/4----------> 19/4
1 1/10-----------> (10*1+1)/10----> 11/10
[pounds left]=[(19/4)-(11/10)-(2)]----> (10*19-4*11-40*2)/40
=(190-44-80)/40-------> 66/40---------> 1.65 pounds
1.65-----> 1 65/100--------> 1 13/20 pounds
the answer is 1.65 pounds (1 13/20 pounds)
Parenthesis according to the PEMDAS rule
So
7(x - 4) = 84
Would be
7x -28 = 84
Hope this helped :)