8. Find the area of the shaded region.

A. 5x2 – 11x + 16

B. 5x2 + 7x – 26

C. 5x2 + 11x – 12

D. 5x2 + 7x – 20

B. 5x2 + 7x – 26

Step-by-step explanation:  keeping in mind that the area of a rectangle is simply width * length, if we get the area of the larger rectangle, and then subtract the area of the smaller rectangle, we're in effect making a hole in the larger rectangle's area and thus what's leftover is the shaded area.

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Area = 5x^2 +7x -26

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of the shaded region can be found if you substruct the small rectangle from the big one. The area of any rectangle is calculated if you multiply width and height.

In other words:

A_small = (x-3)(x-6) = x^2-9x +18

A_big = (2x+2)(3x-4) = 6x^2 -2x -8

A_big - A_small = (6x^2 -2x -8) - (x^2-9x +18)

= 6x^2 -2x -8 - x^2 + 9x -18

= 5x^2 +7x -26