Question

What is the area of the shaded region? Answer: _____ mm^2

Answer 1

First we would find the area of the entire thing,

A=1/2(base)(height)
so A = 1/2(5)(12) = 30 mm^2

next we find the area of the smaller triangle,
A = 1/2(4)(3) = 6 mm^2

Then we subtract the area of the smaller triangle from the area of the larger one

30-6 = 24 mm^2