SOLUTION: A square that is 6 m on a side is placed inside a rectangle that has a width of 12 m and length of 17 m . What is the area of region inside the rectangle that surrounds the square

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Question 1048481: A square that is 6 m on a side is placed inside a rectangle that has a width of 12 m and length of 17 m . What is the area of region inside the rectangle that surrounds the square
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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area of rectangle = width*length = 12*7 = 84 square meters

area of square = side*side = 6*6 = 36

area of region inside rectangle not inside square = (area of rectangle) - (area of square) = 84 - 36 = 48 square meters

The final answer is 48 square meters