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What is the area of the shaded region?

Write your answer as a whole number or a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

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What is the area of the shaded region? Write your answer as a whole number or a decimal-example-1
User Gavrie
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Answer is 63

Area is calculated 1/2BH
Large triangle = 1/2 (12) (15) = 90
Small triangle = 1/2 (6) (9) = 27
Subtract small triangle (unshaded) from the large triangle to find shaded area.
90-27= 63
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