2021 AMC 10B Fall Problem 2

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What is the area of the shaded figure shown below?

4

6

8

10

12

Find the large triangle area and subtract the small triangle area

Both triangles have base

4

The area is a triangle of area

\dfrac {4\cdot 5}2 - \dfrac{2\cdot 4}2 = 10-4

= 6

since we subtract the area of a smaller triangle from a larger triangle.

Thus, the answer is B .

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