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What is the area of the shaded region?

What is the area of the shaded region?-example-1
User Zediiiii
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Answer:

10cmsquare

Explanation:

name the triangle ABC

use pythagoras theo.

ACsq=ABsq+BCsq

ACsq=5×5 + 4×4

ACsq=25+16

ACsq=41

AC=sq root 41


√(41)

ar shaded region=(use pythagoras again with the shaded triangle)

root of 41×root of 41-4×4

=41-16

=25

root of 25=5cm

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