Question

Find the area of the following figure. Show your work.area of odd shapes.

Answer 1

To find the area of the complex figure, divide it into simpler figures and the areas of these. Then find the sum of these areas.

Now, find the area of each of the simpler figures, in these case, the rectangles:

`\begin{gathered} A=b\cdot h \\ A_A=7\cdot3=21 \\ A_B=6\cdot2=12 \\ A_C=7\cdot2=14 \\ A_D=5\cdot3=15 \\ A_E=3\cdot1=3 \end{gathered}`

Finally, find the sum of all these areas to find the area of the figure:

`A_F=21+12+14+15+3=65`

The area of the figure is 65.