Question

Find the area of the shape shown below.
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Answer 1

7

Explanation:

Answer 2

7

Explanation:

First ignore the cut corner and pretend that it is just a rectangle.

The rectangle's area would be 2×4=8.

Then find out the cut corner's area.

The area of that triangle would be 1.

8-1=7 So the area of the shape is 7.