Answer:
285 ft²
Step-by-step explanation:
Hello There!
The figure shown is a composite figure so in order to find the total area we are going to need to split the irregular figure into two regular figures:
A parallelogram with the following dimensions
base = 15
height = 7
and a trapezoid with the following dimensions
base 1 = 11
base 2 = 13 (found by subtracting the height of the parallelogram ( 7 ) from the total height of the composite figure ( 20 ) 20 - 7 = 13 so the length of base 2 is 13 ft)
height = 15
Now that we have identified each dimensions of the two regular figures we need to find the area of each individual figure
For the parallelogram
The area of a parallelogram can simply be found by multiplying the height and the base
So A = 15 * 7
15 * 7 = 105 so the area of the parallelogram is 105 square feet
For the Trapezoid
The area of a trapezoid can be found by using this formula
where a and b = bases and h = height
So using the information that we had found about the trapezoids dimensions we plug in the values

So the area of the trapezoid is 180 square feet
Finally we add the areas of the two regular figures
180 + 105 = 285
so we can conclude that the area of the composite figure is 285 ft²