Check the picture below.
so the shape is really 4 triangles with a base of 2 and a height of 4 each, and 2 squares tha are 4x4.
![\bf \stackrel{\textit{area of the 4 triangles}}{4\left[\cfrac{1}{2}(2)(4) \right]}~~+~~\stackrel{\textit{area of the two squares}}{2(4\cdot 4)}\implies 16+32\implies 48](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20%5Cstackrel%7B%5Ctextit%7Barea%20of%20the%204%20triangles%7D%7D%7B4%5Cleft%5B%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%282%29%284%29%20%5Cright%5D%7D~~%2B~~%5Cstackrel%7B%5Ctextit%7Barea%20of%20the%20two%20squares%7D%7D%7B2%284%5Ccdot%204%29%7D%5Cimplies%2016%2B32%5Cimplies%2048)
The first step for solving this expression is to know that when there is a "-" sign in front of the parenthesis,, then you must change the sign of each term in the parenthesis.
x + 16 = -12
Now move the constant to the right side and then change its sign.
x = -12 - 16
Lastly,, calculate the difference on the right side of the equation to find your final answer.
x = -28
Let me know if you have any further questions.
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X=10
4 squared + 8 squared
16 + 64
100
square root of 100 is 10
Its OP I am working on this right now and got a hundred on a topic test i would know