Question

Describe how you could find the area of the figure below then find its area

Answer 1

Answer: you could split the figure into a triangle and rectangle to find the area
Answer of area: 12 in^2

Step by step explanation:
Find area of rectangle with base * height
So 4 in * 2 in = 8 in^2
Next find area of triangle with 1/2 base * height
So 1/2 * 4 in * 2 in = 4 in^2
Add them together
8 in^2 + 4 in^2 = 12 in^2

Or you could just count but I don’t think that can be accepted as an answer

Hope it helped!

Answer 2

You could cut the shape into 2 different shapes: a triangle and a rectangle, and solve for their areas, then add the areas together.

Explanation: