Question

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Find the area of the following shape.

See pic...a shape with vertices located at (-4, 0), (0, 4), (2, 2), (1, 2), and (1, 0)

Answer 1

Answer: 12

Explanation:

We can count out 9 full units. Next, we look at those triangles, those are 1/2 of a unit, and there are 6 of them. 6 times 1/3 makes 3. Now we add 9 and 3 to get the final answer of 12.