Amal is painting the main street of a model town. The street is 24 inches long by 1.5 inches wide, until it turns at an angle. The angle forms a triangle with one side of 2 inches and two sides of 1.5 inches that form a right angle. Then the street, still is 1.5 inches wide, continues on for another 11 inches. What calculations will Amal need to do to find the area of each shape? How big is the area Amal wants to paint?

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Amal is painting the main street of a model town. The street is 24 inches long by 1.5 inches wide, until it turns at an angle. The angle forms a triangle with one side of 2 inches and two sides of 1.5 inches that form a right angle. Then the street, still is 1.5 inches wide, continues on for another 11 inches. What calculations will Amal need to do to find the area of each shape? How big is the area Amal wants to paint?

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