Describe a method you can use to find the area of the following shape. Provide specific details in your answer, including coordinates and descriptions of shapes used. Then, find the actual area of the figure.
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Describe a method you can use to find the area of the following shape. Provide specific details in your answer, including coordinates and descriptions of shapes used. Then, find the actual area of the figure.
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anonymous · Answer

@YanaSidlinskiy can you help ?

yanasidlinskiy · Answer

Ahh!!:) I'll try to see if I can figure it out.

anonymous · Answer

okay thank u so much !!

yanasidlinskiy · Answer

Find the area of the front face of the I (double it since there's also the back face)

yanasidlinskiy · Answer

Middle one should be 1x1 not 2x2.
So the front face is 5x2 + 5x2 + 1x1... double it to get the back as well. 
So the front face was 10+10+1=21.
The hard part is keeping track of all the other pieces, and it's not easy to show them all here, so you'll just have to try to follow:
very top part = 5x2 = 10
the five side parts (theres 5 side pieces total, all are 2x2) = 5x2x2 = 20
Remember you have to double both those too, those are only one side of the I...but lets just double it all at the end to make it easier.
Front face+top part+five side parts = 21+10+20
Just double that number.
Shoot....the middle one of the front face was 2x1 so the front face is 22. 

22+10+20 = 52, double that is 104 and hopefully i haven't missed anything else.
don't forget cm^2