Question

The front profile of a shed is depicted in the drawing, with the given dimensions. Find the area of this profile of the shed in square feet.

Answer 1

135 ft²

Explanation:

The profile is composed of a triangle and a rectangle.

Area of profile = (area of triangle) + (area of rectangle)

= (½×base×height) + (length × width)

Where,

base of triangle = 15 ft

height of triangle = 11 - 7 = 4 ft

length of rectangle = 15 ft

width of rectangle = 7 ft

Plug in the values

Area of profile = = (½×15×4) + (15×7)

= 30 + 105

Area of profile = 135 ft²