Question

Is this answer right?? If not what’s the real answer? I’m trying to practice for my STAAR.

Answer 1

35

Area of rectangle

21m^2

Area of one triangle

divide length of 7 by 2 (3.5)

gives you length b (unknown side that is not hypotenuse)

then multiply by width of triangle (4)

3.5 * 4 = 14

and in this situation there is no need to divide by two, because you essentially have one full square from both the triangles. this only works when both triangles are the same.

add the area of the rectangle

14+21= 35

35m^2