Question

Need help with this problem for my cousin

Answer 1

You have separated the figure into three (3) parts. There are two squares (or rectangles on the bottom. Subtract 5 from 8 to find out the length of the side (right side). 8-5=3. Then subtract 3 from 8 (8-3=5). The new length is 5 ft. 5 multiplied by 5 is the area of one of the squares on the bottom (25 ft. squared). Multiply that by two to find the area of both the squares on the bottom (50 ft. squared).

There's also a rectangle on the top. The base is 15 ft. and the height is 3 ft. Remember that you subtracted 5 from 8 to find out the area of the two bottom squares. 15 multiplied by 3 is 45 (ft.)

Add 45 to 50 to get the area of the entire figure. (45+50=95 or 95 ft. squared).

95 ft. squared is the area of the entire figure. Hope this helped you.