Lizzy: There is a square playground that has a side length of 12 meters. There is a maintenance building on the playground that measures 8 meters by 5 meters. How many square meters of the playground is not covered by the maintenance building?.
Me: Hmmm, let me think. I think this is the detailed solution:
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12 * 12 = 144 square meters. 8 * 5 = 40 square meters. 144 - 40 = 104 square meters. 104 square meters of the playground are not covered by the maintenance building. Final answer: 104.
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