Question

Find the area of the shape above​

Answer 1

40

A=base times height
40=5 times 8

Answer 2

The figure shown can be divided into three rectangles , the two yellow ones and the blue one.

As the width of the yellow triangles is 1 unit and the length of the entire shape is 8 units , it can be calculated that the length of the blue triangle is 6 units ( as shown in second picture )

`\therefore \: area \: of \: figure \: = \: area \: of \: two \: yellow \: triangles \: * area \: of \: blue \: triangle`

`area \: of \: figure \: = 2( \: l * b \: ) + ( \: l' * b' \: ) \\ \dashrightarrow \: area \: = 2(5 * 1) + (6 * 1) \\ \dashrightarrow \: area = 10 + 6 \\ \dashrightarrow \: \boxed{area \: = 16 \: {units}^(2) }`

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