Once you find that the legs of the shaded triangle have length 10, there's a much simpler way to finish the solution. The shaded area is the trapezoid area less the right triangle at its bottom. This works out to (1/2)(6)(10+18)-(1/2)(6)(18), which is (1/2)(6)(10) = 30.
Easier is to create a rectangle ABCF where F is 6 units above A. Then note that the blue area is (6x18)/2 minus the area of triangle AFD = 6 * (18 - x) / 2 => Area 6x/2 = 30
Once you find that the legs of the shaded triangle have length 10, there's a much simpler way to finish the solution. The shaded area is the trapezoid area less the right triangle at its bottom. This works out to (1/2)(6)(10+18)-(1/2)(6)(18), which is (1/2)(6)(10) = 30.
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Easier is to create a rectangle ABCF where F is 6 units above A. Then note that the blue area is (6x18)/2 minus the area of triangle AFD = 6 * (18 - x) / 2 => Area 6x/2 = 30
There are 3 different methods to find the top side of trapezium x = 10:
There's different ways to find DC. One of these, for example, is that CH:HD=3:1. Once we have CD=10 shaded area = 1/2*CD*BC = 30 squ
Upper line segment, x, is 10
(30)u^2