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What is the area of the figure?

What is the area of the figure?-example-1
User Rtindru
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Answer:

Area = 28 cm^2

Explanation:

Triangle Area = 1/2 * 5 * 4 = 10 cm^2

Big Rectangle = 4 * 3 = 12 cm^2

Small Rectangle = 4 * 1.5 = 6 cm^2

Total Area = 10 + 12 + 6 = 28 cm^2

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Discussion

Area of the Triangle

3 4 5 is the first triangle most people encounter when they begin their study of the Pythagorean Theorem. You can show this to be true by trying it.

c = 5

b = 3

a = 4

c^2 = a^2 + b^2 Equation Substitute values

c^2 = 3^2 + 4^2 Expand

c^2 = 9 + 16 Combine

c^2 = 25 Take the square root of both sides.

√c^2 = √25

c = 5 Which is exactly what you are given.

A right triangle has the property of Area = 1/2 * a * b using the values given above.

Find the area of the triangle

Area = 1/2 a * b

Area = 1/2 3 * 4

Area = 6

Find the area of the rectangle

L = 3 + 1.5 =4.5 Just add the two parts of the vertical line together.

w = 8 - 4 = 4

Area of the rectangle = L * w Substitute values

Area of the rectangle = 4.5 * 4

Area of the rectangle = 18 Add

Total area 24

Answer

24 cm^2

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