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What is the area of the region shown above? 03 Dec 2018, 04:30
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What is the area of the region shown above?

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What is the area of the region shown above? 03 Dec 2018, 05:14
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What is the area of the region shown above?

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from the given figure we can deduce 3 rectangles as below:

( 4*9)+(9*8)+(8*6)
36+72+48
= 156
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What is the area of the region shown above? 03 Dec 2018, 05:22
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What is the area of the region shown above? 03 Dec 2018, 06:06
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Area of full rectangle - area of the missing rectangle
15*12-6*4
=156
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