Answer:
72 cm²
Explanation:
You want the area of a shape consisting of a rectangle and a triangle. The rectangle is 7 cm long and 8 cm high. The triangle has a base of 8 cm and a height of 4 cm.
Area
The area of the rectangle is ...
A = bh
A = (8 cm)(7 cm) = 56 cm²
The area of the triangle is ...
A = 1/2bh
A = 1/2(8 cm)(4 cm) = 16 cm²
Total area
The total area is the sum of the areas of the parts:
total area = rectangle area + triangle area
= (56 cm²) +(16 cm²) = 72 cm²
The area of the shape is 72 cm².
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Additional comment
You can see from the area formula that the area of a triangle is half the area of its enclosing rectangle. That is, the 4 cm high triangle on the right side of the figure effectively adds the area of a 2 cm wide rectangle with the same base.
The figure's area is equivalent to that of a rectangle 7+(4/2) = 9 cm wide and 8 cm high: (9 cm)(8 cm) = 72 cm², as above.
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