Question

Find the area of the shape shown below.

Answer 1

42cm2

Explanation:

You can divide the shape into two parts from the length at the top and the length at the bottom. Which means you have two shapes A and B.

Area of A which is a triangle= 1/2bh

= 1/2*5(THIS IS THE BASE OF THE TRIANGLE)12

= 30CM2

Area of b which is a rectangle= L*W

= 1(LENGTH) * 12(WIDTH)

= 12CM2

So to get the total area of the shape you add the area of shape a and b

THE ANSWER IS 42cm2

Answer 2

72-30=42. The answer is 42

Explanation:

to find the area of this, we first need to add are to the missing space, so we can make a rectangle. If we multiply the dimension of this new shape, we get 72. Now we need to find the are of the triangle-shaped space I added. To do this I must multiply the base by the height, and then divide it by 2, after multiplying the base with the height, which gave me 60, I divided it by 2 which gave me 30. Then I subtracted 30 from 72, therefore giving me 42