Question

What is the area of this figure?

48 cm
10 cm
7 cm
23 cm
6 cm
23 cm
7 cm
18 cm
square centimeters

Answer 1

852 cm^2; subdivide the figure into rectangle and use the formula length times width for each individual rectangle. Add the areas together for the total area

Answer 2

852 cm²

Explanation:

Separate the figure into 3 rectangles by drawing vertical lines from the vertices.

Area of a rectangle = width x length

Total area = (18 x 23) + (23 x (23 - 7)) + (7 x 10)

= 414 + 368 + 70

= 852 cm²