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What is the area of the blue shaded region in the figure?

A)
78 in2
B)
109 in?
117 in
D
144 in-
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What is the area of the blue shaded region in the figure? A) 78 in2 B) 109 in? 117 in-example-1
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Answer:

D) 144 in²

Explanation:

The area of the left portion of the parallelogram is ...

A = bh

A = (13 in)(9 in) = 117 in²

The area of the triangle on the right is ...

A = 1/2bh

A = 1/2(6 in)(9 in) = 27 in²

Then the total shaded area is ...

117 in² +27 in² = 144 in² . . . . shaded area

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