To span a cell across two columns, add the "colspan" attribute:

• <td colspan="2">You wold not need to define the next cell in this row. This sentence would stretch into the next column.</td>

To span a cell across two rows, add the "rowspan" attribute.

• <td rowspan="2">You wold not need to define this cell in the next row, the cell directly below this one. This sentence would stretch into the cell below.</td>

EXERCISE: Create the following image using the three new table attributes. The table should have a width of 300 pixels, a height of 400 pixels. There are 4 columns and 5 rows total.

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