Question

Find the area of the shaded region

A. 17 Square units
B. 32 Square units
C. 16 Square units
D. 36 Square units

Answer 1

16 square units

Explanation:

→ Find the area of the whole triangle

0.5 × ( 5 + 4 ) × 8 = 36

→ Find the area of the small triangle

0.5 × 5 × 8 = 20

→ Minus the area's of the triangles

36 - 20 = 16 square units