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What is the area, in square units, of triangle STU?

What is the area, in square units, of triangle STU?-example-1
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Answer:

4 units squared

Explanation:

The area of the rectangle is 9 units squared

The area of the two wedge-shaped triangles on the outside of the larger triangle is 3 units squared. The final triangle area is 2 units squared. Thus 9 - 5 = 4 units squared.

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