Find the area of the shaded region. 5x2 – 11x + 16 5x2 + 7x – 26 5x2 + 11x – 12 5x2 + 7x – 20

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.