Question

Each small square on the grid is 1 ft².

Answer 1

What was the answer?

Answer 2

see the attached figure to better understand the problem

we know that

the area of the figure is the area of the square minus the areas marked with x

area of the square is equal to

$A1=8*8=64\ ft^{2}$

the areas marked with x is equal to

$A2=15\ ft^{2}$

so

the area of the figure is

$A=A1-A2 \\ A=64-15=49\ ft^{2}$

therefore

the answer is

$50\ ft^{2}$