Question

A rectangle is removed from a right triangle to create the shaded region shown below. Find the area of the shaded region.

Answer 1

The answer is 26 square feet.

Explanation:

To do this, you first want to take the area of the triangle and then take the area of the cut out rectangle. The area of the triangle is 32ft.
`(1)/(2)` × width × height. The area of the rectangle is 6ft. Width × height or 2×3. Then you subtract the area of the rectangle from the area of the triangle. 32-6=26