Question

A school crossing sign has the dimensions shown. The sign can be thought of as a composite figure of a rectangle and a triangle, or two identical trapezoids. The area of the sign is ____ in2.

Answer 1

area of a triangle is \(\bf \cfrac{1}{2} \times base \times height\)

Answer 2

So would the area of the triangle be 225?

Answer 3

and then for the rectangle, 450?

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

okay and then the whole area is 675?

Answer 6

yeap

Answer 7

thanks!

Answer 8

yw