Question

Find the area of the figure.

Answer 1

divide it into either three rectangles, or two rectangles and a square...
or

then find the separate areas of those, then add them together

Answer 2

First find the area of the rectangles, so 5*2 + 5*2 + (8-5) * 2 + (8-5) * 2 + 3 * (8-5) = 41

Answer 3

you can also divide it in the way jennychan said.