Question

In the given figure four identical square live within the bigger square if the area of the bigger square is 1024 squared cm what is the area (in squared cm) of the shaded region

Answer 1

Side of the square

= 1024−−−−√=32cm.

∴ Length of rectangle

= 2×32=64cm.

Breadth of rectangle

= 32 - 12 = 20cm.

∴ Required ratio

= 64 : 20 = 16 : 5