Answer:
I love these kind of problems (yes I'm kidding,... lol) your answer is below,...
Explanation:
To find the area of the whole shape lets view it as three seprate rectangles,... then we will find the area of the three seperate shapes and add the areas together,... (english scholler voice): "Quite simple really"
For "simplicitys sake" lets view the shape as a house blueprint, no house I would want to live in, but a house non-the-less,... you have the main part of the house (the largest rectangle, the 13yd x 24yd one) the hallway in the middle (the 14yd x 6yd rectangle) and finally the really ridiculous sized I-du-know,... kitchen (the 5yd x 17yd one) Sooo,... lets go,...!
First of all if you didn't follow how I got the three rectangles then it's "quite simple really!" all I did is: take the oppposite side of the very far left side (the one that says 24yd) where is says 7yd and 11yd and because we know that the 7yd + 11yd + the-part-that-we-don't-know-how-long-is, is all = to 24yd then we know that the part that is not labled (the "doorway" from the main part of the house to the hallway) has to be 6yd because 7yd + 11yd + 6yd = 24yd,... AND know we know that that side of the "hallway" is 6yd, so the "hallway" is 6yd x 14yd,... So,...
13yd x 24yd = YES!... 312yd
14yd x 6yd = RIGHT again!... 84yd
5yd x 17yd = YOU are SO LIT,... yes it's 85yd
Alright so we have 312yd and 84yd and 85yd,... all we have to do is add 'em all up and you will have the area of your houseprint,... You got it!
312yd + 84yd + 85yd = (drum roll please,...) 481yd,...
The area of you shape is 481yd,...
So glad to have worked with ye and me thinks that that hopefully helped,...
CHOW,...!