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Question from Louanne, a parent:

How do I find the surface area of a L shaped polygon?

Louanne,
In order to find the area of an 'L' shaped polygon, you can first split the
shape into two rectangles.  Then you can find the area of each rectangle and
add them together.
Melanie

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