An 8x5 rectangle. If the bottom left corner is considered (0, 0), then two lines are drawn within the rectangle, from (0, 4) to (8, 1) and from (1, 5) to (7, 0). The smaller two regions of the four these lines cut the rectangle into are shaded. What is their combined area?
13/4 was my original guess, when I checked I realised I’d forgotten to multiply by 2.
I used the same method as clara (and my solution would have matched _)
(Spent a lot of time convincing myself they met in the center)