Answer:
164 m^2
Explanation:
You can think of the shaded area in different ways. One of the ways is the entire outer colored rectangle minus the area of the small white rectangle inside.
The large colored rectangle is 12 m by 15 m.
The inner rectangle is 8 m tall. The width is 12 m - 5 m - 5 m = 2 m
A = 12 m * 15 m - 2 m * 8 m
A = 180 m^2 - 16 m^2
A = 164 m^2