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What is the area of the shaded triangle?

answers are
A) 54
B) 42
C) 27
D) 21

What is the area of the shaded triangle? answers are A) 54 B) 42 C) 27 D) 21-example-1
User Lenar Hoyt
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Answer:21

Explanation:

area of shaded part=area of big triangle - area of small triangle

area of shaded part=(9x6)/2 - (2x6)/2

Area of shaded part=54/2 - 12/2

Area of shaded part=27-6

Area of shaded part=21

User MichaelD
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Answer:

D) 21

Explanation:

The formula for finding the area of a triangle is A = 1/2 B x H. So, A = 1/2 (7)(6).

A = 1/2 (42)

A = 21.

So the area of the shaded region is 21 square units.

User Boris Raznikov
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