Question

Andrea needs to determine the area of the figure shown.500 yards480 yards400 yards320 yards1 230 yards1100 yardsWhich method shows one way Andrea can calculate the area of the figure, insquare yards?

Answer 1

The answer is to find the sum of the products of (500x400), (480x320), (120x230)

Since the area is length times width

The summation of all the areas length times width is the total area of the given figure