Question

A gardener is drawing plans for a new yard. She creates the picture below to represent the size and shape of a new lawn. How can the gardener find the total area of the new lawn? Describe the process she can use. What is the total area of the new lawn? square feet?

Answer 1

5.2 is your answer my dude! :) 

Answer 2

Divide the lawn into 2 rectangles. One rectangle has dimensions, 5ft and 4 ft.

The other rectangle has dimensions 6 ft and 4 ft. The total area of the new lawn is the sum of the areas of the 2 rectangles.

Total area = $5*4+6*4=44 \;square\; feet$