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If each of the small squares in the figure above has area 1, [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2018, 10:33
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If each of the small squares in the figure above has area 1, what is the area of the shaded region?



A. 50

B. 55

C. 59

D. 60

E. 61
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Re: If each of the small squares in the figure above has area 1, [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2018, 13:16
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For any questions like this one, it is easiest to group the numbers together.

In other words, instead of doing the summation: 10+9+8+7+...+1

Do the summation: (10+1)+(9+2)+...+(6+5)=11+11+11+11+11=11*5=55

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Re: If each of the small squares in the figure above has area 1, [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2019, 18:49
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10/2 * 11 * 1 = 55
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