SOLUTION: find the shaded area of a rectangle, the diagram shows a rectangle in the middle of the rectangle is a smaller square with the number 4 on the left sided and the number 4 on the t

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Question 1038013: find the shaded area of a rectangle, the diagram shows a rectangle in the middle of the rectangle is a smaller square with the number 4 on the left sided and the number 4 on the top, the big rectangle shows the number 8 on the left side and the number 12 on the bottom. find the shaded area
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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So the big rectangle has an area of,
A%5Bbr%5D=8%2A12=96
and the small square has an area of,
A%5Bss%5D=4%2A4=16
So then,
A%5Bss%5D%2BA%5Bshaded%5D=A%5Bbr%5D
16%2BA%5Bshaded%5D=96
A%5Bshaded%5D=80