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Find the area of the following shape. You must show all work to receive credit.

shape with vertices located at negative 4 comma 0, 0 comma 4, 2 comma 2, 0 comma 2, and 0, 0

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The calculated area of the figure is 4 square units

How to calculate the area of the figure in square units?

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

(4, 0), (0, 4), (2, 2), (0, 0)

The area of the figure in square units is calculated as

Area = 1/2 * |x₁y₂ - x₂y₁ + x₂y₃ - x₃y₂ + x₃y₁ - x₁y₃|

(4, 0)

(0, 4)

(2, 2)

(0, 0)

Substitute the known values in the above equation, so, we have the following representation

Area = 1/2 * |4 * 4 - 0 * 0 + 0 * 2 - 4 * 2 + 2 * 0 - 0 * 2 + 0 * 0 - 0 * 4|

Evaluate the sum and the difference of products

Area = 1/2 * 8

So, we have

Area = 4

Hence, the area is 4 square units

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