Answer:
40ft
Explanation:
What you need to know is the formula for the air of a rectangle:
the long side * the short side.
First calculate the area of the rectangle in the middle: 3*8=24ft
Then we are left with two right-angled triangles, one on the left and one on the right. If we juxtapose them, we realize that it forms a rectangle whose large side measures 8 and the small 2 so 2*8=16ft.
Finally, just add the area of the middle rectangle with the area of our rectangle formed by the two triangles on the right and on the left. So 16+24=40ft