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Grade 5ChallengeThe Coordinate Plane

The Coordinate Plane · Challenge problem

Two rectangles are drawn on a grid. The first has opposite corners (1,1)(1, 1) and (7,5)(7, 5). The second has opposite corners (4,3)(4, 3) and (10,8)(10, 8). Their sides run along grid lines, and they overlap. How many square units of the grid are covered by at least one rectangle?