Question

The figure below shows a shaded rectangular region inside a large rectangle:

Answer 1

What is the probability that a point chosen inside the large rectangle is not in the shaded region?

Answer 2

first
find the area of the unshaded part
= area of whole rectangle - shaded part

Answer 3

can you do that?

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

24

Answer 6

ok then
the required probability = area unshaded / area whole rectangle
- as simple as that.

Answer 7

ok please check my answer though..hold on :)

Answer 8

no 24 is the area of shaded part ( 4*6*

Answer 9

yes thats what i meant

Answer 10

so what is the area of the outer unsshaded part?

Answer 11

50?

Answer 12

No thats the area of the whole triangle - the shaded + unshaded

Answer 13

so its 30 right? for the unshaded part