Question

Am I finding the area of this wierd shape correctly if not what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

i do not know

Step-by-step explanation:litterly

Answer 2

8
`ft^2`

Explanation:

Sadly, you are doing this incorrectly.

The easiest way to find the area of this shape is to separate it into a square and a triangle.

This will leave you with a square with the dimentions 2x2 a triangle with a base of 4 and a height of 2.

The area of the square is 4
`ft^2`

Using the equation for the area of a triangle

`A=(1)/(2) bh`

We can plug in our 2 know values to get

`A=(1)/(2) (4)(2)\\A=4`

Now we can take the sum of the areas of these two shapes to get a total area of 8
`ft^2`