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Question

Find the area of the shaded region if x = 7 inches, y = 9 inches, w = 14 inches, and z = 18 inches.

The area of the shaded region is  square inches

Answer 1

The area of the shaded region is the area of the big rectangle (wz) minus the area of the smaller rectangle (xy):

Area of Shaded Region = wz - xy

Plug in the values for x, y, w, and z and compute the answer.