Answer:
The area of the shaded region is 38.50 square units
Explanation:
see the attached figure to better understand the problem
we know that
The area of the shaded region is equal to the area of triangle ABE plus the area of triangle CDE
Remember that the area of triangle is equal to

where
b is the base
h is the height
Find the area of triangle ABE


substitute the values

Find the area of triangle CDE


substitute the values

Find the area of the shaded region
