Question

What is the area, measured in square centimeters, of the green shape

pictured below? Do not include units in your answer.

Answer 1

21

Explanation:

To find the area of a parallelogram, we can split this shape up into a rectangle and two right triangles.

The rectangle:

The rectangle has dimensions of 4 by 3 centimeters therefore the area would be 4*3=12 cm squared

two right triangles:

The area of a triangle is 1/2 base * height, but since there are two triangles it would just be the base times the height. The base is 3 cm and the height is 3 so 3*3=9

Next, we add the two areas together: 12+9 = 21