The sides of a square are 8 cm long. A new square is formed by joining the midpo
(ekcag(c,hiv6 h,v uo.,xg yn34a +foints of the adjacent sides and two of the resulting triangles are shaded
,,6xg+ah4y hovufnv go c.ei,(c( 3 ak as shown. This process is repeated 5 more times to form the right hand diagram below.
1.Find the total area of the shaded region in the right hand diagram above.
the total area of the shaded region S≈
cm$^2$
2.Find the total area of the shaded region if the process is repeated indefinitely.
Using the sum of an infinite geometric sequence formula $S_∞$=
cm$^2$