Bunuel wrote:
The area of the shaded region is 12 and the sum of a side of the outer square and a side of the inner square is 6. What is the area of the outer square?
A. 48
B. 36
C. 18
D. 16
E. 12
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Working from the answer choices.
Let X = outer square side and Y = inner square side
X + Y = 6
Area of shaded portion = 12.(Area of outer square - Area of inner square) = area of shaded portion ( = 12)
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