What is the area of the combined rectangles 20 yd 12 yd 3 yd 5 yd

Try out all of your options by filling the the x and y values from each option. You can use either of the two equations to solve

1) 2(2)+3(3) does not equal 5
2) 2(3)+3(2) does not equal 5
3) 2(3)+3(-2) does not equal 5
4) 2(-2)+3(3) equals 5
4.5) Double check your answer by doing the same thing for the second equation // 3(-2)+2(3) does equal zero.

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