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Hi Dillesh4096

From where did u get that the height of the larger triangle is 2 units?
Its not given in the figure

Pls explain if i am missing some part of the calculation
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Bunuel

In the rectangular coordinate system above, the area in the shaded region is

(A) 1 1/2
(B) 2
(C) 2 1/2
(D) 3
(E) 4

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Area of shaded region = 2*2/2 - 1*1/2 = 2 - 1/2 = 1 1/2

IMO A
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