Answer:
88.4ft²
Explanation:
oh lordy, why, why, nobody's garden is actually like this, and even if it was, you don't need to know the area, hold onto your hats:
So, we're going to assume that we can split the 10.4 evenly into the triangles and the trapezoid, so let's start with that:
10.4 ÷ 2 = 5.2 (if this is what get the whole thing wrong, I'm so sorry)
So, now we're going to do the triangle to the left of the trapezoid (remember that the formula for a triangle is base x height ÷ 2):
6 x 5.2 ÷ 2 = 15.6
So the area is 15.6ft
Now let's do the triangles under the trapezoid:
So the entire length of the under thing is 18 feet, and we take off 6 from the previous triangle, so:
18 - 6 = 12
and we're going to assume that both the triangles are equal:
12 ÷ 2 = 6
6 x 5.2 = 15.6 (at this point I realize that all the triangles are equal, welp, we just did that for nothing, anyways) now we need two of them
15.6 x 2 = 31.2
So the area of the triangles under the trapezoid is 31.2ft
Now, the trapezoid:
so we know that the top base is 4 feet, and we know that the bottom one is 12 from the triangles above us, (the formula for a trapezoid is (base + base)height ÷ 2) so:
4 + 12 = 16
16 x 5.2 = 83.2
83.2 ÷ 2 = 41.6
So the trapezoid is 41.6ft
Now we add all of our disgustingness together:
15.6 + 31.2 + 41.6 = 88.4
So, the area of the entire garden is 88.4ft²
hope this helps:)