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The area of the shaded region is 42cm2 . What is the area of the unshaded region?

The area of the shaded region is 42cm2 . What is the area of the unshaded region?-example-1

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Answer:

42ft²

Explanation:

The area of the shaded region is 42ft² . What is the area of the unshaded region?

  • taking the unit of measurement in the figure (ft) and not that of the text (cm)

are two congruent right-angled triangles that form a rectangle, therefore same Area (42ft ²)

OR

the rectangle is made up of two equal right-angled triangles, so just use the formula A = 1/2×b×h.

1/2 7 × 12 =

3.5 × 12 =

42ft²

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