Translate the following statements into symbolic form using capital letters to representaffirmative English statement. If Maria Cantwell promotes alternative energy, then if Patty Murray supports wilderness areas, then Dianne Feinstein's advocating gun control implies that Susan Collins does so, too.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are two distinct statements but put together, it is:

- If Maria Cantwell (MC) promotes Alternative Energy (AE) and if Patty Murray (PM) supports Wilderness Areas (WA) then Dianne Feinstein (DF) advocating Gun Control (GC), implies that Susan Collins (SC) does so too.

For Susan Collins, she advocates gun control too.

So the symbolic or algebraic representation is:

(SC = DF): (MC ~ AE), (PM ~ WA)

OR

(GC = GC): (MC ~ AE), (PM ~ WA)

Where ":" represents "such that" or "given that"

" ~ " represents "support or promotion of"

It can now be read thus;

Susan Collins has same or equal interest as Dianne Feinstein, given that Maria Cantwell promotes alternative energy and Patty Murray supports Wilderness Areas.

area of part 1:

a1=base*height/2=(8+2)*(8-2-2-1)/2=10*3/2=15 ft^2

area of part 2:

a2=length*width=(8+2)*1=10 ft2

area of part 3:

a3=length*width=8*2=16 ft2

total shaded area : a1+a2+a3=41 ft2

total area of the reactangle : a=16*8=128 ft2

total area of the nonshaded region : 128-41=87 ft2

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