Question

Gary is building a new L-shaped desk for his room. He wants to make sure it is large enough to hold all his supplies. The dimensions of the desk, in feet, are shown in the diagram. What is the area of the desk?

Answer 1

In order to calculate the desk area, let's divide it in two rectangular areas:

A1 = vertical rectangle with dimensions 6 ft and 3 ft

A2 = horizontal rectangle with dimensions 6 ft and 2 ft

So we have:

$\begin{gathered} A=A_1+A_2 \\ A=6\cdot3+6\cdot2 \\ A=18+12 \\ A=30\text{ ft2} \end{gathered}$

So the desk area is 30 ft².