The front of a garage needs to be painted except for the gate. The measurement of the garage is 5 meters long and 2 meters wide. The gate has a dimension of 1.5 meters by 2 meters. How many square meters will be painted? A. 16.75 m² B. 10.75 m² 1.5 m C. 9.25 m² D. 6.75 m² 1.5 m 5m 2m N 2m
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total= [tex]\frac{1}{2.}[/tex] x 5m x 1.5 + 5m x 2m
=3.75 [tex]m^{2}[/tex] + [tex]lom^{2}[/tex]
=13.75 [tex]m^{2}[/tex]
gate= 1.5m x 2m=3[tex]m^{2}[/tex]
B. 13.75 [tex]m^{2}[/tex] - 3[tex]m^{2}[/tex]=10.75[tex]m^{2}[/tex]
so the answer is letter B.