Required area of shaded portion
= Area of square ABCD - 4 × area of one quadrant

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The answer is: 
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Since we don't have the function equation, but we have the graphic, we can use it to know what value of x makes the function equal to 0.
Finding what values of x does
means that we should find where the function intercepts the x-axis.
From the graphic, we can see that the functions intercepts the x-axis at 
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What do you mean by that i mean yeah you can have as many as needed to subtract
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The total area of the first shape is 42 and the total area of the second shape is 21.
Answer:
s ≈ - 0.5 , s ≈ 8.5
Step-by-step explanation:
s² - 8s - 4 = 0 ( add 4 to both sides )
s² - 8s = 4
To complete the square
add ( half the coefficient of the s- term )² to both sides
s² + 2(- 4)s + 16 = 4 + 16
(s - 4)² = 20 ( take square root of both sides )
s - 4 = ±
( add 4 to both sides )
s = 4 ± 
Then
s = 4 -
≈ - 0.5 ( to the nearest tenth ) ← smaller solution
s = 4 +
≈ 8.5 ( to the nearest tenth ) ← larger solution