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Find the area of this composite shape. 10 cm, 5 cm, 8 cm, and 4 cm.

Find the area of this composite shape. 10 cm, 5 cm, 8 cm, and 4 cm.-example-1

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Answer: 59cm^2

Explanation:

We can split up the shape into a rectangle and a triangle.

Let’s find the area of both

Area of rectangle: 10 * 5 = 50cm^2

Area of triangle:
First we have to find the measures of the triangle.

To find the leg of the triangle we can simply do 10 - 4 which would give us 6.

To find the other leg, we can do 8 - 5 which is 3.

Now that we have all the sides let’s find the area.

3 * 6 * 1/2 = 9cm^2

So to find the area of the whole shape we now gotta add it up.

9 + 50 = 59cm^2

So the area of the composite shape is 59cm^2
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