Question

David drew this diagram of a picture frame he is going to make. Each square represents 1 square inch. What is the area of the picture frame? 16 14- 12- 10 8 6 4 2- RA 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 The area is square inches. cubic inches. inches.

Answer 1

The area in blue is equal to the complete area minus the area in white in the middle

The big rectangle is 16 by 6, so its area is 16x6 = 96 square inches

The small white rectangle is 4 by 2, so it area is 4x2 = 8 square inches

The area in blue = 96 - 8 = 88 square inches

Answer:

88 square inches