Answer: 1. 86in 2. 45cm
Step-by-step explanation:
I like to see the shapes having 2 seperate rectangles. For the first one, the rectangles are the big one on top, and the smaller on before it. For the second one, the top of the "L" shape is one, and the bottom part is another.
Remember, the expression to find area is base times height.
There are also some numbers in there to sorta trick you; In the first one, the 12in on the left doesn't matter, and in the second one, the 9cm on the left doesn't matter, and the lower 6cm doesn't matter.
For the first one, you'll do 8*7 to find the area of the big rectangle on top, and 5*6 to find the area of the smaller one. You get 56 for the big one, and 30 for the small one, so combined it has an area of 86in.
For the second one, you do the top part of the "L" first, so 3*6. Next, the bottom part, which is 3*9. We get 18 and 27, giving us 45cm.
