Question

Find the area of the composite figure.

A=36cm

A=40cm

A=48cm

A=64cm​

Answer 1

64

Explanation:

Answer 2

Check the picture below.

so the shape is really 4 triangles with a base of 2 and a height of 4 each, and 2 squares tha are 4x4.

`\bf \stackrel{\textit{area of the 4 triangles}}{4\left[\cfrac{1}{2}(2)(4) \right]}~~+~~\stackrel{\textit{area of the two squares}}{2(4\cdot 4)}\implies 16+32\implies 48`