Question

Can someone please help?
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.

Answer 1

@anonymous_user can you help?

Answer 2

How about drawing a rectangle joining (-5,-8), (-5,0), (3,0), (3,-8). Find the area of the rectangle. Subtract the area the 4 unwanted triangles and you have the required area.

Answer 3

Ok can you help me as I try to work it out?

Answer 4

I'm not sure how i'm supposed to find the area of the rectangle

Answer 5

@DominicNg can you help me find the area of the rectangle?

Answer 6

One side runs from -5 to 3, so that side is 8.
The other side runs from -8 to 0, so that side too is 8

Answer 7

what about the other sides? I don't get it..

Answer 8

you only need 2 sides to find the area of a rectangle (in this case it is a square). Multiply them together 8*8=64

Answer 9

Ok so the area of a rectangle is 64 then what do i do?

Answer 10

Here is the full explanation.

Answer 11

No offence what it's really hard for me to read that :x

Answer 12

That x is multiplication sign.

Answer 13

no I mean the whole page I really can't read it.

Answer 14

Please download PDF and you should be able to read it. Many others have no problem reading documents based on the format.

Answer 15

ok thanks.