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Describe your strategy to calculate the area of the shaded region. (5 pts)

b. Calculate the area of the shaded region. (5 pts)

Describe your strategy to calculate the area of the shaded region. (5 pts) b. Calculate-example-1
User EkriirkE
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Answer:

first calculate the area of the rectangle which is given by L×W

take thw length of the rectangle and substract the b of the trapezium which 4.5 you find y divide it by 2 since they're two. the answer you'll get is the height of both shaded triangles . take the base of the shaded triangles and the height y then find the area. the answer you'll get multiply it by 2.

Explanation:

11×7=77

11-4.5=6.5

6.5/2

(½×7×6.5/2)2

=22.75m²

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