Question

What is the area of the shaded region in the picture?

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Answer 1

Answer:

Find the area of the shaded region:

area of shaded region

Solution:

Step 1: Find area of inner square = 2 cm × 2 cm = 4 cm2

Step 2: Find area of outer shape = (2 cm × 3 cm) + (10 cm × 3 cm)

= 6 cm2 + 30 cm2

= 36 cm2

Step 3: Area of shaded region = area of outer shape – area of inner square

= 36 cm2 – 4 cm2

= 32 cm2