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The area of the shaded figure is:

Step-by-step explanation:

To obtain the area of the shaded figure, first, you must calculate this as a rectangle, with the measurements: wide (4 units), and long (6 units):

How the figure isn't a rectangle, you must subtract the triangle on the top, so, now we calculate the area of that triangle with measurements: wide (4 units), and height (2 units):

In the end, you subtract the area of the triangle to the area of the rectangle, to obtain the area of the shaded figure:

I use the name "units" because the exercise doesn't say if they are feet, inches, or another, but you can replace this in case you need it.

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16 is the absolute value

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