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Find the area of the blue shaded region

Find the area of the blue shaded region-example-1
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160 cm^2 would be your answer
User Joseph Tesfaye
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Answer:

160 cm²

Explanation:

Hello!

We can find the area of the blue shaded. region by finding the area of the rectangle, and subtracting the area of the triangle.

Area of rectangle:

Find the area of the rectangle

  • A = Base x Height
  • A = 10 x 20
  • A = 200

The units are cm so the area is 200 cm²

Area Triangle:

Find the area of the triangle

  • A = 0.5( Base x Height)
  • A = 0.5(10 * 8)
  • A = 0.5(80)
  • A = 40

The units are cm so our area is 40 cm²

Area Shaded:

Now we can simply subtract the triangle area from the rectangle.

  • 200 cm² - 40 cm²
  • 160 cm²
User Satyendra Fauzdar
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