SOLUTION: can you please help me? I am confused. I am trying to find the area of a shaded region in a square measuring 36 1/2 ft by 36 1/2 ft. The portion not shaded in the middle is 24 1/2
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Question 494571: can you please help me? I am confused. I am trying to find the area of a shaded region in a square measuring 36 1/2 ft by 36 1/2 ft. The portion not shaded in the middle is 24 1/2 ft by 18 ft...thanks Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Square the measure of the side of the square to determine the area of the whole square. Multiply the length of the unshaded rectangle times the width of the unshaded rectangle to calculated the area of the unshaded rectangle. Then subtract the area of the unshaded rectangle from the total area:
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