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Problem 334

Geometry Difficulty 2.4 Multiple choice CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) · Canada · 2012

The rectangle shown has side lengths of 8 and 4.

The area of the shaded region is

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Official solution

The graph shows that the vehicle travels at a constant speed of 20 m/s.
Travelling at 20 m/s, it will take the vehicle 100÷20=5100\div20=5 seconds to travel 100 metres.

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