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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document.write( "          x+8   but I am not sure how they got there. The most important part!!\r
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| Algebra.Com's Answer #227089 by Fombitz(32388)     You can put this solution on YOUR website! The area of the box is, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The area of the triangle is, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The ratio of Triangle area to Box area is, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |