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Find the area of the figure.

Find the area of the figure.-example-1
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Answer:

7 square inches

Explanation:

We take the "3 in" dimension at the left to be the length of the line segment below the 1" square, so the height of the right triangle is 3+1 = 4 in.

The triangle area is ...

A = 1/2bh

A = 1/2(3 in)(4 in) = 6 in²

The square area is ...

A = s²

A = (1 in)² = 1 in²

Then the total area of the figure is ...

1 in² + 6 in² = 7 in²

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