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What is the area of the shaded region?
21 mm
24 mm
42 mm
48mm

What is the area of the shaded region? 21 mm 24 mm 42 mm 48mm-example-1

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It’s 21.

For the height it’s 6+4+2 = 12
Area of complete triangle is 1/2(b)(h):

(1/2)(12)(5) = 30

Area of small triangle:
(1/2)(4)(3) = 9

30 - 21 = 9
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