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Find the area of the shaded region in terms of x:

Bigger square:
side 1) x+3
Side 2) x+4

Smaller square inside bigger square:
side 1) x+1
side 2) 3x

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Answer:

-2(x^2-2x-6)

Explanation:

Find area of each square, then take the area of the bigger square and subtract the smaller square's area.

Work shown down below. Pardon the handwriting.

Find the area of the shaded region in terms of x: Bigger square: side 1) x+3 Side-example-1
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