Tiles are being placed in front of a fireplace to create a trapezoid hearth. The hearth will have a height of 24 inches and base
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Answer:
Is shaded 5/8 of the area of the rectangle
Step-by-step explanation:
see the attached figure to better understand the problem
we know that
The area of triangle ABC represent 1/4 of the total area
The area of triangle CDE represent 1/8 of the total area
The shaded region is composed by one triangle equal to triangle ABC and three triangles equal to triangle CDE
so
The area of the shaded region is equal to
therefore
Is shaded 5/8 of the area of the rectangle
