Question

What is the area of this irregular figure?

A figure can be broken into 2 rectangles. One rectangle has a base of 16 centimeters and height of 8 centimeters. The other rectangle has a base of 8 centimeters and height of 8 centimeters.
128 Centimeters squared
192 Centimeters squared
256 Centimeters squared
512 Centimeters squared

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Answer 2

192cm²

Explanation:

If you cut the shape into 2 and you do 8×8 which is 64cm²

Then you work out the area of the other part of the shape which is 8×16=128cm² then add them two together which is 192cm²