Question

please help : 1) What is the area of the shaded region of the following figure?

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A) 446 in.2

B) 5,760 in.2

C) 4,788 in.2

D) 5,274 in.2

Answer 1

subtract area of triangle from the area of the rectangle

Answer 2

area of the triangle is (base*height)/2
area of rectangle is length*width

Answer 3

what is the right angle sign there for

Answer 4

if you get the area of the rectangle and get the area of the triangle in it
then subtract the area of the triangle

what's left of the area of the rectangle is what is NOT-THE-TRIANGLE area

Answer 5

it says that the lenght of 27 in is the altitude of the triangle, it's the height

Answer 6

i understand the concept. the triangle being two other shapes threw me

Answer 7

thank u guys :)

Answer 8

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