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The entire rectangle below has an area of 44 cm?Find the area of the shaded triangle.Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.

The entire rectangle below has an area of 44 cm?Find the area of the shaded triangle-example-1
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Solution:

Given:


A=44cm^2

Using the diagonal property of a rectangle,

The two diagonals bisect each other and divide the rectangle into two equal parts.

Hence, the diagonal divides the area of the rectangle into two equal parts. Each part is a triangle.

Thus,


\begin{gathered} Area\text{ of the entire rectangle}=44cm^2 \\ Area\text{ of the shaded triangle is half of the area of the entire rectangle.} \\ A=(44)/(2) \\ A=22cm^2 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the area of the shaded triangle is 22 square centimeters.

The entire rectangle below has an area of 44 cm?Find the area of the shaded triangle-example-1
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