The area of the base is the area of the 8 by 4 rectangle, minus the missing 2 by 2 square in the top-right. This is 8*4-2*2=32-4=28 square centimeters.
<u>For the second answer (B)</u>
The volume of the prism is the base area multiplied by the height, or 28*10=280 cubic centimeters.
Since the problem is simply asking for the total tons of bananas the company sold, we can just simply add the tons of bananas the Eat Right Fruit Company sold to the two customers.