Question

What is the area, in square inches, of the figure shown here?

A parallelogram with a height of 3 inches is shown. The height of the parallelogram is used to divide the side of the parallelogram into 5 inches, which is the length (or side) of the rectangle, and into 3 inches, which is the base of the triangle formed by the division.

15 in2
22 in2
24 in2
30 in2

Answer 1

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Answer 2

So if I'm reading your problem correctly, you have a parallelogram with the following dimensions: base = 8 which is the 5 +3 and a height = 3

Recall the area of a parallelogram is defined by A = bh so:

A = 8in(3in) = 24in²