Question

Ward is planning to install a new countertop in his kitchen, as shown in the figure. find the area of the countertop.

Answer 1

The area of the shape is 26 square feet.

This is a composite shape. It is made up of a trapezoid at the top and two identical parallelograms on the sides.

Here are the formulas for the area of each.

Trapezoid:
0.5(2)(6 + 8) = 14

Parallelogram:
2(3) = 6

Now, just add up the 3 parts:
14 + 6 + 6 = 26