In the figure below two congruent squares touch at one corner. One side of the square measures 5 cm. The triangle created from two of the common sides is a right triangle. Find the area (to the nearest tenth) of the entire figure.

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62.5?

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how did yougetthe answer???

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area= 2*area box +1/2bh(area of triangle)=2(5*5)+0.5(5*5)=62.5m^2.

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do u understand bdboy0
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i wanna say yes and i see ur explanation but ijust reallyhave a hard timeunderstanding math.....  like i see where its going but it takes me awhile to finally get it.

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area of a square =length*length and area of a triangle =0.5 its base * its height.

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the are two boxes in there so 2*Abox and a sliced box .