Question

An irregular polygon is shown below:

The area of the irregular polygon is ____ square units.
Numerical Answers Expected!

Answer 1

The right answer is 15 square units :) Hope this helps!

Explanation:

Answer 2

You can split this shape into two shapes; a rectangle on top and a horizontal rectangle underneath. The top rectangle would be 4 x 2 = 8 square units, and the bottom rectangle would be 7 x 1 (3 - 2) = 7 square units. Now you just add these to get 15 square units. I hope this helps!