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5-22.

Solve each generic rectangle puzzle. Write your answer in the form:
(total length)(total width) = sum of individual area parts = total area.

  1. Generic Rectangle

    Top edge left, blank

    Top edge right

    Left edge top 

    Interior top left
     

    Interior top right, blank

    Left edge bottom, blank

    Interior bottom left

    Interior bottom right, blank

Multiply  and to get the cell to the right of . Next, find the cell to the left of by dividing by . Do a similar process to find the other two cells.

  1. Generic Rectangle

    Top edge left, blank

    Top edge middle, blank

    Top edge right

    Left edge top 

    Interior top left, blank

    Interior top middle

     

    Interior top right, blank

    Left edge bottom, blank

    Interior bottom left

    Interior bottom middle, blank

    Interior bottom right,  

First, multiply by to get the cell above . Next divide by to get the cell above . Third, divide by to get the cell below . Continue a similar pattern to find the other numbers in the table.