first decompose the trapezoid into a square in the middle and 2 triangles on the left/right side, both triangles are congruent so you only find the area of one triangle, which is 9 because do 2x9 = 18/2 = 9, now let's move on to the middle square 14 x 18 = 112, then you add them all up remember there are 2 triangles,
