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Area, SM-Bank 005

The area of the shaded rectangle below is \(84\ \text{cm}^2\).
 

 
What is the length of the shaded rectangle?  (2 marks)

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\(14\ \text{cm}\)

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\(\text{Let}\ \ l =\text{length of rectangle}\)

\(l\times 6\) \(=84\)
\(\therefore\ l\) \(=\dfrac{84}{6}\)
  \(=14\ \text{cm}\)