Question

Find the area of the shaded region in terms of x:

Bigger square:
side 1) x+3
Side 2) x+4

Smaller square inside bigger square:
side 1) x+1
side 2) 3x

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Answer 1

-2(x^2-2x-6)

Explanation:

Find area of each square, then take the area of the bigger square and subtract the smaller square's area.

Work shown down below. Pardon the handwriting.