Question

What is the area of the shaded portion within the square?
a. 156 m^2
b. 144 m^2
c. 84 m^2
d. 60 m^2
e. Not enough information to answer

Answer 1

picture?

Answer 2

do you know where to start ?

Answer 3

no not really

Answer 4

do you know how to find the area of a square

Answer 5

ok need to know which length is 13? the one slanting or the straight one

Answer 6

the one slanting

Answer 7

ok as surdawi asked.. do u know how to find the area of square?

Answer 8

Calculate the area of the square

Answer 9

so would it be 24

Answer 10

side * side..
not side + side.

Answer 11

12*12 not 12+12

Answer 12

which is 144

Answer 13

so 144 is the whole square area

now we need to find the area of the triangle? do you know the formula?

Answer 14

no

Answer 15

its 1/2*b*h, but u have to find the base 1st do you know how?

Answer 16

Pythagorean theorem

Answer 17

no

Answer 18

x^2 + 12^2 = 13^2; solve for x

Answer 19

u got me really confused cause that doesnt even look like my problem

Answer 20

now you have all the numbers

area of square - 2*area of triangle
s*s-2*(1/2*b*h) = your answer