<p>Given the coordinates of two <strong>rectilinear</strong> rectangles in a 2D plane, return <em>the total area covered by the two rectangles</em>.</p> <p>The first rectangle is defined by its <strong>bottom-left</strong> corner <code>(ax1, ay1)</code> and its <strong>top-right</strong> corner <code>(ax2, ay2)</code>.</p> <p>The second rectangle is defined by its <strong>bottom-left</strong> corner <code>(bx1, by1)</code> and its <strong>top-right</strong> corner <code>(bx2, by2)</code>.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p> <img alt="Rectangle Area" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/05/08/rectangle-plane.png" style="width: 700px; height: 365px;" /> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> ax1 = -3, ay1 = 0, ax2 = 3, ay2 = 4, bx1 = 0, by1 = -1, bx2 = 9, by2 = 2 <strong>Output:</strong> 45 </pre> <p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> ax1 = -2, ay1 = -2, ax2 = 2, ay2 = 2, bx1 = -2, by1 = -2, bx2 = 2, by2 = 2 <strong>Output:</strong> 16 </pre> <p> </p> <p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p> <ul> <li><code>-10<sup>4</sup> <= ax1 <= ax2 <= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li> <li><code>-10<sup>4</sup> <= ay1 <= ay2 <= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li> <li><code>-10<sup>4</sup> <= bx1 <= bx2 <= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li> <li><code>-10<sup>4</sup> <= by1 <= by2 <= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li> </ul>