Question

Question

Bill needs to mow his yard which has the dimensions in the shape below. What is the area of yard he needs to mow?
Note: Round your answer to one decimal place.
12 m
5 m
15 m

Answer 1

Explanation:

imagine you chop off a right triangle from the left side

now you have a rectangle and a right triangle

the rectangle

height 5

width 12

5 x 12 = 60

triangle

height 5

width 3

3 x 5 = 15

15 / 2 = 7.5

60 + 7.5 = 67.5 m^2

Answer 2

Answer: 67.5 m^2

Explanation:

To find out the area of the yard, we split the shape up into a triangle and rectangle. The area of the triangle is,

A = 1 × b × h/2 = 1 × 3 × 5/2 = 7.5 m^2.

And the area of the rectangle is,

A = 12 × 5 = 60 m^2.

We then add the area of the triangle and the area of the rectangle.

A = 7.5 + 60 =67.5 m^2

Rounded to one decimal place, the area of the yard is 67.5 square meters.