Question

Find the area of the composite figure. A=36cmA=40cmA=48cmA=64cm​

Answer 1

Check the picture below.

so the shape is really 4 triangles with a base of 2 and a height of 4 each, and 2 squares tha are 4x4.

$\bf \stackrel{\textit{area of the 4 triangles}}{4\left[\cfrac{1}{2}(2)(4) \right]}~~+~~\stackrel{\textit{area of the two squares}}{2(4\cdot 4)}\implies 16+32\implies 48$