113k views
18 votes
What is the area of this figure?

What is the area of this figure?-example-1
User Mfnalex
by
7.6k points

1 Answer

1 vote

Explanation:

it clearly consists of 2 rectangles and 1 triangle (as you tried correctly to point out by drawing the separating lines).

we only need to calculate all 3 areas and add them up for the total.

the area of a rectangle is

length × width

so, in our 2 cases we have

6 × 2 = 12 km²

5 × (3 + 2 + 3) = 5×8 = 40 km²

the area of a triangle is

baseline × height / 2

in case of a right-angled triangle the 2 sides enclosing the 90° angle can be used as baseline and height.

so, in our case

6 × (5 + 2 + (3 + 2 + 3 - 2)) / 2 = 6×(7 + 6)/2 = 3×13 = 39 km²

in total, the whole area is

12 + 40 + 39 = 91 km²

User Arturo Volpe
by
8.1k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories