Area of each side triangle is 1/2*8*15 = 60. There are 5 of them so the triangles have surface area 300. the pentagon's area 1/2*apothegm*sidelength*sides = 1/2*5.5*8*5 = 110. The total area is therefore 300+110 = 410
The tan(-x) is the same thing as -tan(x). The tangent function is also the same thing as sin(x)/cos(x), right? So let's rewrite that tan in terms of sin and cos:
![[cos(x)][tan(-x)]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Bcos%28x%29%5D%5Btan%28-x%29%5D)
is the same as
![[cos(x)][ -\frac{sin(x)}{cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Bcos%28x%29%5D%5B%20-%5Cfrac%7Bsin%28x%29%7D%7Bcos%28x%29%7D%5D%20)
We can now cancel out the cos(x), which leaves us only with -sin(x) remaining. So your answer is A.