Explanation: First, we can find the areas of the two large rectangles. A=lw A=2*6 A=12m^2
A=lw A=2*5 A=10m^2
Now, we can find the area of the small square where the two rectangles overlap. We can tell that the side lengths of the square are all equal to 1 (we know this because the side lengths of the rectangles are 1 less on one side). A=lw A=1*1 A=1m^2
Now, we can subtract 1m^2 from either of the two rectangles’ area we solved for earlier.
12m^2-1m^2 =11m^2
Then, we can add this area to the area of the other rectangle.
