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The diagonal of the floor of a rectangular closet is 7½ feet. The shorter side of the closet is 4½ feet. What is the area of the closet in square feet?

Correct Answer: 27

Explanation:


Other side =
15 2 - 9 2
2 2
ft
=
225 - 81
4 4
ft
=
144
4
ft
= 6 ft.


∴ Area of closet = (6 x 4.5) sq. ft = 27 sq. ft.


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