Answer:
416 cm²
Step-by-step explanation:
First, I found the area of the rectangle without the triangles on the side:
14 • 16 = 224
Then, I had to find the length of the base of the triangles:
38 - 14 = 24
Assuming the triangles are the same, 24/2 = 12 cm for one triangle
I found the area of the triangles:
16 • 12 = 192
**192/2 = 96
**Since there are two triangles you would multiply the 96 by 2 which cancels out the divide by two. Technically, you can skip this step for this question.
Then you just add them together: 192 + 224 = 416 cm²
