Answer:
18 m^2
Step by step explanation:
In these types of math problems, we have two ways to solve.
1) Directly find the area of the shaded area.
2)Find the unshaded area and then minus that from the total area.
In this case, I will use the second way.
The grass area (unshaded) is 3 x 2 = 6 m^2 ( 6 square meters )
The total area (grass + cement) is 4 x 6 = 24 m^2 ( 24 square meters )
Now, we want the area of the cement part but the grass's area is also in the total.
So, we minus 6m^2 from 24m^2.
Then we get 18m^2.
And that is the answer.
I hope it helps.
(Note : because this problem is easy, you can use both ways but most use the second way. There may also be problems where we can use only the first or second way.)
