The large triangle with base 16cm and height 24.3cm has an area: A = 1/2bh A = 0.5x16x24.3 A = 194.4cm²
One of the other triangles with base 13.5cm and height 12cm has an area: A = 0.5x12x13.5 A = 81cm²
The last triangle with base 13.5cm and height 5cm has an area: A = 0.5x13.5x5 A = 33.75cm²
So you have 3 triangle areas. To get the black area, you subtract the two white triangles (in your picture) from the area of the large triangle that was first calculated above so:
Black area = 194.4 - 81 - 33.75 = 79.65cm² That should be the area... I might have messed up on the basic multiplication, but that's the overall process.
