What is the Area of the region shown below?

B) 47 units²

Step-by-step explanation:

It can be done by finding the area of the black, but it will be much easier to find the area of the white and subtract.

Total area of the grid equals 10x8=80

There are two rectangles at the bottom.  6+8=14

There are 4 triangles that each equal 4.5.  4.5*4=18

There is 1 small triangle at the top that equals 1.

80-14-18-1=47

the central idea is that:

individuals should refuse to cooperate with institutions they believe unjust.

thoreau felt  that governments were more often agents of corruption than justice, even democracies, and that just because the majority feels a certain way does not make it just or correct in absolute terms. he uses the fact that slavery exists in our democracy to support this idea.

he goes on to say that, as a result, people should live true to their own internal laws regarding right and wrong, as a product of reflection and a moral life, rather than following every law that society imposes. 

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