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HELP NOW PLS!! 100PTS!

Marcus loves baseball and wants to create a home plate for his house. Marcus needs to calculate the area of the home plate at the ball field so he can reconstruct it when he gets home. Calculate the area of the polygon.


30 in2
31.5 in2
36.5 in2
39 in2

HELP NOW PLS!! 100PTS! Marcus loves baseball and wants to create a home plate for-example-1

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Answer: 39 in^2

Step-by-step explanation: To find the area of this polygon, we can break it down into two triangles and one rectangle. The following formulas are to solve for the area of each polygon:

Area of a Triangle: A = b x h / 2

Area of a Rectangle: A = l x w

We can plug in the values by what we are given. The triangle to the top has a base of 6 in and a height of 5 in. We can multiply these to get 30 in but cut it in half to get 15 in. The second triangle has a base of 3 in and a height of 4 in, so when we multiply, we get 12 in / 2 to get 6 in. The rectangle's length is 6 in and the width is 3 in. So, 6 x 3 is 18. Add all these values together, and you get 39 in^2.

Let me know if this is right! :)

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