Question

All the angles in the figure are right angles and lengths are measured in centimeters. What is the area, in square centimeters, of the figure?

Answer 1

So, the area of the rectangle is

13

×

3

=

39

square centimeters.

The figure was divided such that none of the shapes overlapped.

However, the shapes combinedly form the entire figure.

So, the area of the entire figure is

36

+

39

=

7