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Analyze relationships: The area of the shaded triangle is 5x^2 + 3x - 4. What is the area of the entire figure?​

Analyze relationships: The area of the shaded triangle is 5x^2 + 3x - 4. What is the-example-1

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well, we know the shaded region has an area of 5x²+3x-4, there are three more sections of equal shape, so their areas must also be equal, meaning there are four regions of the same area of 5x²+3x-4, thus 4(5x²+3x-4) = 20x²+12x-16.

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