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What is the area of the composite figure?

Show your work What is the area of the composite figure?-example-1
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Explanation:

different to the suggested graphic representation, which goes wild with several complex sub-figures, I see simply a rectangle (2×9 × 4) at the bottom and a triangle standing on top of it (2×(9-6) × (16-4)).

the area of the rectangle is

2×9 × 4 = 18×4 = 72 ft²

the area of the triangle (remember : baseline × height / 2) is

2×(9-6) × (16-4) / 2 = 2×3 × 12 / 2 = 3×12 = 36 ft²

the total area is then

72 + 36 = 108 ft²

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