A right triangle is removed from a rectangle to create the shaded region shown below. Find the area of the shaded region. Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.

Answer:
The area of shaded region is 45 square units.
Step-by-step explanation:
The length of the rectangle is 8 and the breadth is 6.
Area of rectangle is
[tex]A_R=l\times b[/tex]
[tex]A_R=8\times 6=48[/tex]
The area of rectangle is 48 square units.
Since the opposite sides of a rectangle are equal, therefore the legs of the right angled triangle are
[tex]l_1=8-5=3[/tex]
[tex]l_2=6-4=2[/tex]
The area of right angled triangle is
[tex]A_T=\frac{1}{2}\times l_1\times l_2[/tex]
[tex]A_T=\frac{1}{2}\times 3\times 2=3[/tex]
The area of triangle is 3 square units.
The area of shaded region is
[tex]A=A_R-A_L=48-3=45[/tex]
Therefore the area of shaded region is 45 square units.