The figure is made up of a rectangle and a square not drawn to scale.
56 of the square is unshaded and
19 of the rectangle is shaded. What fraction of the figure is unshaded?
Unshaded square |
Shaded area |
Unshaded rectangle |
5x1 |
1x1 |
|
|
1x1 |
8x1 |
5 u |
1 u |
8 u |
Area of shaded square and area of shaded rectangle have overlapping areas which is the same area.
LCM of 1 and 1 = 1
Fraction of the figure that is unshaded
=
Unshaded areaTotal area =
5 + 85 + 1 + 8 =
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