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Drag the correct number of pieces to show how to find the area of the shaded figure in two different ways. Pieces can be rotated to fit.

Drag the correct number of pieces to show how to find the area of the shaded figure-example-1
User Dmon
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Answer:

21

Explanation:

Remark

Draw a line across the east and west farthest points. If you count the lower left point as 0,0, I am talking about 1,6 and 7,6 What that does is divide the figure into a triangle and a trapezoid.

Triangle

The base goes from x = 1 to x = 7 when that new line is introduced which is 6 units parallel to the x axis.

The height goes from 4,4 to 4,6 which is 2 units in the y direction.

So the area = 1/2 (2)*(6) = 6 units.

Trapezoid.

h = 3 derived from 4,3 to 4,6 which is 3 points 6 - 3 = 3

b1 = 6 That's the line you just drew in.

b2 = 4 That comes from 2,3 to 6,3 6-2 = 4

Area = 1/2 (b1 + b2) * h

Area = 1/2 (6 + 4)* 3

Area = 5 * 3 = 15

Total Area = 15 + 6 = 21

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