Question

What is the area of the polygon given below?http://media.apexlearning.com/Images/200703/05/eceaaa07-29ce-49af-aded-ee779e570c82.gif

Answer 1

split that into 3 rectangles and work the area of each

Answer 2

Right but where do i split it?

Answer 3

try something like this

Answer 4

start by finding the area of left most rectangle

Answer 5

I got 98 sq units

Answer 6

22 for the left triangle

Answer 7

left rectangle :

length = 7
width = 4

so area = 7*4 28

right ?

Answer 8

yes i made a mistake

Answer 9

its ok
try finding the area of middle rectangle next

Answer 10

so then how do i figure out the middle triangle

Answer 11

find its length and width

Answer 12

length=5
width=14

Answer 13

careful, thats not right

Answer 14

I don't understand

Answer 15

can you tell me the length of this blue part

Answer 16

7

Answer 17

good, so what will be the length of segment next to that ?