Question

Find the area of the shape shown below. 7 3

Answer 1

To find the area of the figure you can divide the figure into to smaller shapes

calculate the area of each of the smaller figures.

for the square

`\begin{gathered} A=s\cdot s \\ A=3\cdot3 \\ A=9 \end{gathered}`

For the triangle the base is the difference between the longest side which is 7 and the side on the square which is 3

`7-3=4`

find the area of the triangle

`A=b\cdot(h)/(2)`
`\begin{gathered} A=4\cdot(3)/(2) \\ A=(12)/(2) \\ A=6 \end{gathered}`

Add both areas to find the area of the figure

`\begin{gathered} A_T=9+6 \\ A_T=15 \end{gathered}`