Question

What is the area of this figure?
9 mi
5 mi
8 mi
6 mi
3 mi
3 mi

Answer 1

54 square miles

Explanation:

The easiest thing to do is to separate the figure into one 5x9 rectangle and one 3x3 square. The rectangle area is 5x9=45 square miles and the square is 3x3=9 square miles. So total is 45+9=54 square miles.