FIND THE AREA OF THE SHADED REGION USING POLYNOMIALS

Find the shaded area A in terms of x for :

Example 1 :

Solution :

Area of shaded region 

=  Area of large rectangle - Area of small rectangle

Area of rectangle  =  length ⋅ width

Large rectangle :

Length  =  4x and width  =  3x

Area of large rectangle  =  (4x ⋅ 3x) 

=  12x²

Small rectangle :

Length  =  2x and width  =  x

Area of small rectangle  =  (2x ⋅ x)

=  2x²   -------(2)

(1) - (2)

=  12x²-2x²

=  10x²

So, area of shaded region is 10x² square meter.

Example 2 :

Solution :

Shaded region 

=  Area of rectangle - Area of triangle

Area of rectangle  =  length ⋅ width and 

Area of triangle  =  (1/2) ⋅ base ⋅ height

Length  =  3x and width  =  2x

Area of rectangle  =  3x(2x)  ==>  6x² ---(1)

Area of triangle  =  (1/2)⋅ x ⋅ x

=  x²/2 ---(2)

(1) - (2)

Area of shaded region  =  6x² - (x²/2)

=  (12x² - x²)/2

=  11x²/2

So, area of shaded region is 11x²/2 square meter.

Example 3 :

Solution :

Area of shaded region 

=  Area of large rectangle - Area of small rectangle

Large rectangle :

length  =  2x+5, width  =  3x

Area of large rectangle  =   3x(2x+5) 

=  6x² + 15x  ----(1)

Small rectangle :

length  =  2x, width  =  x

Area of small rectangle  =  2x(x)

=  2x²  ----(2)

(1) - (2)

Area of shaded region  =  6x² + 15x - 2x²

Combining like terms, we get

=  4x² + 15x

So, area of shaded region is 4x² + 15x square meter.

Example 4 :

Solution :

Area of shaded region 

=  Area of rectangle - Area of square

Rectangle :

Length  =  x+6, width  =  x+2

Area of rectangle  = (x+6)(x+2)

=  x²+2x+6x+12

=  x²+8x+12  ----(1)

Square :

Side length  =  x

Area of square  =  x² ----(2)

(1) - (2)

Area of shaded region  =  x²+8x+12-x²

By combining like term, we get

=  8x+12

So, area of shaded region is 8x+12 square meter.

Example 5 :

Solution :

Area of rectangle  =  length ⋅ width

=  (2x+3)(x+7)

=  2x(x) + 2x(7) + 3(x) + 3(7)

=  2x² + 14x + 3x + 21

=  2x² + 17x+ 21

So, area of rectangle is 2x² + 17x+ 21 square meter. 

Example 6 :

Solution :

Area of shaded region 

=  Area of rectangle + Area of square

Rectangle :

Length  =  2x and width  =  x 

Area of rectangle  =  2x(x)

=  2x²

Square :

Length of square  =  x

Area of square  =  x(x)

=  x²

Area of shaded region  =  2x² + x²

=  3x²

So, area of shaded region is 3x² square meter.

Example 7 :

Solution :

Area of shaded region  =  Area of circle - Area of triangle

Area of circle  =  πr²

Area of triangle  =  (1/2) ⋅ (2r) ⋅ r  ==>  r²

Area of shaded region  =  πr² - r²

=  r²(π - 1)

So, area of shaded region is r²(π - 1) square meter.

Example 8 :

Solution :

Area of shaded region  =  Area of rectangle - Area of triangle

Area of circle  =  bh

Area of triangle  =  (1/2) ⋅ b ⋅ h  ==>  bh/2

Area of shaded region  =  bh - (bh/2)

=  (bh/2)

So, area of shaded region is (bh/2) square meter.

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