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Please can somebody help me to solve this one? I been trying but it’s not 12. It has to be something else…

Please can somebody help me to solve this one? I been trying but it’s not 12. It has-example-1
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The area of the whole is: 5×3=15

The area of the triangle is: 2×3/2=3

So the area of the shades region is 15-3=12

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