<span>An equation with more than one operations can be also called several-step equation, because requires multiple operations to be solved.There is a order which operation you should do first. The equation can be solved in several steps an that's why is it not a one-step equation.</span>
Without the screenshot, it's fairly difficult to know what your teacher wants exactly. I found this similar problem
brainly.com/question/13583475
which might help. It sounds like you have 4 semicircles which can be thought of as a division problem 12/3 = 4. Note how I'm dividing by 3 which is the width of each section (eg: from 6 to 9 is 9-6 = 3 units)
We grapht hem
we see that the base is from (-2,2) and (6,2), 8 units long
the height will be from y=2 to y=8 or 6 units
so then, the area=1/2 times base times height=1/2 times 8 times 6=24 square units