Answer: 24 square units
Step-by-step explanation:
It appears the shaded area of the rectangle is half of the rectangle's area. This means if we find the area of the rectangle and divide it by 2 we will know the area of the shaded portion.
The formula for the area of a rectangle is [tex]lw=A[/tex]
Where
l is the length (8 for this)
w is the width (6 for this)
A is the area
However, since we are finding half the area we will divide lw by 2
Sub the values into the formula
[tex]\frac{lw}{2} =A\\\frac{(8)(6)}{2} =A\\\frac{48}{2} =A\\24=A[/tex]
