Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
The square in the middle has a length and width of 3, so multiply. <u>9</u>.
All of the triangles have a base of 3 and a height of 2. The area equation for triangles is

So base*height is 6. Divide that by 2 or multiply by 1/2.
You get 3. There are 4 triangles, so multiply <em>that</em> by 4. <u>12</u>.
Add 12 and 9 together, and you get:

I hope this helps!
Check the picture below.
now, we're making an assumption that, the two blue shaded region are equal in shape, and thus if that's so, that area above the 14 is 6 and below it is also 6, 14 + 6 + 6 = 26.
so hmm if we simply get the area of the trapezoid and subtract the area of the yellow triangle and the area of the cyan triangle, what's leftover is what we didn't subtract, namely the shaded region.
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Answer: 
Step-by-step explanation:
I hope you mean y = x² - 12 and not y = 2x - 12.
You switch the y and x variables:
x = y² - 12
And solve for y:
x + 12 = y²

We know that 5 lbs of apples cost $2.99
To know how much do 3 lbs of apple cost, you can use cross multiplication
If 5 lbs cost $2.99
Then 3 lbs cost $x
The proportion between the price and the number of apples is the same, you have to calculate it as:

3 lbs of apples cost $1.79