SOLUTION: 1. Discuss the following as clearly and concretely as you can, illustrating with 1-inch-by-1-inch tiles if available: What does it mean to say that a shape has an area of 6 square

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Question 1107193: 1. Discuss the following as clearly and concretely as you can, illustrating with 1-inch-by-1-inch tiles if available: What does it mean to say that a shape has an area of 6 square inches? Why is it easy to think that a 6-inch-by-6-inch square has area 6 square inches, and why is this not correct?
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