The figure is made up of a rectangle and a square not drawn to scale.
79 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 |
7x1 |
2x1 |
|
|
1x2 |
8x2 |
7 u |
2 u |
16 u |
Area of shaded square and area of shaded rectangle have overlapping areas which is the same area.
LCM of 1 and 2 = 2
Fraction of the figure that is unshaded
=
Unshaded areaTotal area =
7 + 167 + 2 + 16 =
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