The Area of Shaded region is equal to the difference in Area of rectangle and Area of triangle .
let's solve for area of rectangle :
Now, Area of Triangle :
So, the area of the shaded region in terms of x :
And since, Area of Shaded region = 44 cm²
By equating the area, we get
Value of x = 2
Answer:
The actual area of the town is 14 miles.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since you know that the scale is 1 inch:4 miles and that the map shows a town with an area of 3.5 inches, you can expressed this as follows:
Scale: 1 inch:4 miles
map area: 3.5 inches
If the actual area is x, you can say that:
3.5:x=1:4
This would be:
Now, you can solve for x:
x=(3.5*4)/1
x=14
According to this, the answer is that the actual area of the town is 14 miles.