Question

I need help finding the area of the pentagon please.

Answer 1

Given:

To Find:

The area of a given diagram

Formula:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Area of a rectangle=l}* w \\ \text{Area of a triangle=}(1)/(2)* base* height \end{gathered}`

Step-by-step explanation:

Area of a given diagram can be found by the sum of two shapes that is rectangle and triangle.

`\begin{gathered} \text{Area}=Area\text{ of a rectangle+Area of a triangle} \\ =(8*7)+((1)/(2)*7*3) \\ =56+((21)/(2)) \\ =56+10.5 \\ =66.5cm^2 \end{gathered}`

Final Answer:

`\text{Area}=66.5cm^2`