Select the correct formula to determine the GROSS floor area of the St. Agnes Episcopal church fellowship hall. The serving counter is a fixed structure, and the tables are fold-away for easy storage.

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Gross floor area is the total floor space inside the room’s walls—the footprint of the space. So you calculate it simply as length times width. The fixed serving counter and the fold-away tables don’t change the overall footprint for this measure; they affect usable or net space, not the gross area. Subtracting their areas would give you usable area, not gross. That’s why the full length × width formula is the correct choice.