Answer:
The "area of the shaded shape" is 77 m^2.
Step-by-step explanation:
The white rectangle on the left of this figure has width 5 m and length (14 - 5 - 2) m, or 7 m. <em>Check: summing up the vertical side lengths on the left of this figure, we get (5 + 7 + 2) m = 14 m, which equals the unbroken 14 m on the right of this figure. </em>
Thus, the area of the white rectangle is 5 m times 7 m, or 35 m^2.
The area of the green rectangle, before the white one is cut out, is
8 m by 14 m, 112 m^2
Find the green area by subtracting the white area (35 m^2) from the uncut green area (112 m^2). We get the net area (green area)
(112 m^2) - (35 m^2) = 77 m^2
The "area of the shaded shape" is 77 m^2.
