Area of Compound Shapes

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A school is designing a new playground made from a rectangle with a semicircle attached along one side of the shorter side. The rectangle has a length 12m and a width of 8 m. The semicircle has a diameter equal to the width of the rectangle.Which method correctly finds the total area of the playground

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Add the area of the rectangle and the full circle

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Add the area of the rectangle and half the area of a circle

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Subtract the semicircle from the rectangle

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Multiply the rectangle area by

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Choose a real-life design that uses exactly two shapes. Name the shapes, explain why they were combined, list design advantages, and describe how you would estimate its area.

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Area of circle

circumference of circle

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Area of semi circle

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One thing i learned about compound shapes and one thing i need to focus

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