SOLUTION: In the diagram attached below, what is the area of the shaded region? Diagram: https://imgur.com/a/GIFAlct

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Question 1189709: In the diagram attached below, what is the area of the shaded region?

Diagram: https://imgur.com/a/GIFAlct
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In the diagram attached below, what is the area of the shaded region?
Diagram: https://imgur.com/a/GIFAlct
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(1)  First find the second leg of the large triangle.

     It is   =  = 24 meters.



(2)  So, the area of the large triangle is   = 12*7 = 84 square meters.



(3)  The large triangle and the small triangle are similar, with the similarity coefficient k =   (smaller to larger).



(4)  THEREFORE, the area of the small triangle (shaded area) is  

          =  =  =  = 27  = 27.42857  square meters  (rounded).   ANSWER

Solved.



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