SOLUTION: A rectangular piece of paper with length 29 cm and width 12 cm has two semicircles cut out of it, as shown below. Find the area of the paper that remains. Use the value 3.14 for p

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Question 1200548: A rectangular piece of paper with length 29 cm and width 12 cm has two semicircles cut out of it, as shown below.
Find the area of the paper that remains. Use the value 3.14 for pi, and do not round your answer. Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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You can draw a good representation of the description and solve this yourself, but if you want a value result, then some information in the description is missing.

Answer by ikleyn(52778) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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(1)   Nothing is shown below.


(2)   What difficulties do you experience in solving this SUPER-simple problem?


(3)   Simply subtract the area of two semi-circles from the area of the rectangle.