A rectangle is removed from a right triangle to create the shaded region shown below. Find the area of the shaded region.

Answer:
The answer is 26 square feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
To do this, you first want to take the area of the triangle and then take the area of the cut out rectangle. The area of the triangle is 32ft. [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex] × width × height. The area of the rectangle is 6ft. Width × height or 2×3. Then you subtract the area of the rectangle from the area of the triangle. 32-6=26