The sketch of this crayon represents an irregular polygon. Find the area of the figure.

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anonymous · Answer

1. Break into triangles, then add 
 If you know enough sides and angles to find the area of each, then you can simply add them up to find the total. Do not be afraid to draw extra lines anywhere if they will help find shapes you can solve. 

 2. Find 'missing' triangles, then subtract 
 We know how to find the area of a regular polygon so we just subtract the area of the 'missing' triangle 

 3. Consider other shapes 
 We know how to find the area of a parallelogram so we just find the area of each one and add them together.

anonymous · Answer

can i get a picture of the problem?

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1392927232195:dw| im new at this srry if it is hard to understand