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Algebra Difficulty 1.6 Junior Find the answer Canada

Sally is asked to multiply $\frac{2}{3}$ and $1\frac{1}{2}$ . Jane is asked to add them. The difference between Sally’s answer and Jane’s answer is

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Solution

The total area of the shaded regions is the difference between the area of square $JKLM$ and the area of the portion of rectangle $PQRS$ that overlaps $JKLM$ .

Since $JK=8$ , then the area of square $JKLM$ is $8\times8$ or 64.

Since $JK$ is parallel to $PQ$ , then the portion of $PQRS$ that overlaps $JKLM$ is a rectangle, and has length equal to $JK$ or 8, and width equal to $PS$ or 2.

So the area of the portion of $PQRS$ that overlaps $JKLM$ is $8\times2=16$ .
Therefore the total area of the shaded regions is $64-16=48$ .

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