Assessmertools 5. What is the difference in the areas of the triangle and the trapezoid shown below, in square inches?
A 21.5 in.2
B 10.75 in.2
C 75.5 in.2
D 15.625 in.2

let x and 400 - x be the two numbers.  

==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68 from the statement of the problem.  

< ==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68  

==> 340 - 0.05x = 332  

< ==> -0.05x = -8 ==> x = 160, the first number ==> 400 - x = 240, the second number.

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