SOLUTION: Write the simplest form the ratio of the shaded area of the figure to the total area of the figure. This is a box with a triangle in the middle. The length of the box is x+8...the
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Question 317155: Write the simplest form the ratio of the shaded area of the figure to the total area of the figure. This is a box with a triangle in the middle. The length of the box is x+8...the width of the box is x+4. The shaded triangle inside has a length of x+4....the width is 2x. Once again the back of the box says that the answer is x
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x+8 but I am not sure how they got there. The most important part!!
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of the box is,
The area of the triangle is,
The ratio of Triangle area to Box area is,
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