Question

What is the area of the figure shown below?

Answer with a numeric value only. That is, do not include "square centimeters" with your response.

Answer 1

96cm²

Explanation:

1.) You can split the shape into 2: a rectangle and a triangle.

2.) The formula to find the area of the rectangle is:

length × width.

10 (length) × 8 (width) = 80cm²

3.) Then you can find the area of the triangle. The formula for finding the area of a triangle is:

½ × base × height.

½ × 4 (base) × 8 (height) = 16cm²

3.) Add the two answers together to give you the combined and total area of the shape.

80cm² + 16cm² = 96cm²