Carcass wrote:
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#greprepclub In the figure shown.jpg
In the figure shown,
PQRS is a square,
T is the midpoint of side
PS, and
U is the midpoint of side
QR. The area of the shaded region is what fraction of the area of square
PQRS ?
A.
16B.
18C.
15D.
14E.
13Kudos for the right answer and solution.
Let's say that each side of the square has length
2Which means its area = (
2)(
2) =
4Since T and U are midpoints, we get the following measurements:

Since URPT is a parallelogram, its area = (base)(height) = (
1)(
2) =
2
Since the blue line divides parallelogram URPT into 2 EQUAL pieces, the area of the shaded region = 1/2 of
2, which is
1The area of the shaded region is what fraction of the area of square PQRS?Fraction =
1/
4Answer: D
Cheers,
Brent