Question

Tim has an irregularly shaped garden, as shown below. What is the area of his garden (in square feet)?

58 ft2

174 ft2

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198 ft2

Answer 1

Answer is 174 ft2.


Area of triangle: 24 ft2

First, find the horizontal side of the triangle (using pythagorus).
16-10=6
root10^2 - 6^2 = 8 ft

Then work out the area of the triangle.
(8 x 6)/2 = 24 ft2

Secondly, find the area of the rectangle.
10 x 15 = 150 ft2

Then add up the area of the triangle and rectangle.

150+24= 174 ft2