document.write( "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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Algebra.Com's Answer #227089 by Fombitz(32388)\"\" \"About 
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The area of the box is,
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