Question

I need help finding the area of this shape

Answer 1

722
`ft^(2)`

Explanation:

you have to break it up into the individual shapes, being two triangles and two rectangles. the area of the side triangle is
`4*12=48ft^(2)`. then there is the triangle on the left, which the area is
`(9*40)/2=180`. then you have one rectangle, and one triangle left. you know the rectangle has to be
`19*12=228` because four has to be subtracted from one side for the rectangle next to it. the final triangle has a base of 19, like the previous rectangle, and a height of 28 from
`40-12=28` because its height doesnt run into the previous rectangle. this means the area is
`(28*19)/2=266`. once you add them all,
`228+266+180+48=722`