Question

What is the area of this figure?

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The area of the figure is 'blank' cm².

Answer 1

The area is 146cm squared

Explanation:

Starting with the top portion, The formula for the area of a trapezoid is a = (base 1 + base 2) / 2 * h | (14 + 4) /2 *10 = 90.

Now for the bottom part, We know that the height of the top of the figure is 10 and that the overall figure height is 18. To find the height of the triangle at the bottom we would do 18 - 10 = 8.

The formula for finding the area of a triangle is b x h / 2 = a. 14 * 8 / 2 = 56.

Finally, we add our results. 90+56=146.