1st method: —pretend you are finding the area of a big parallelogram where height is given 12m. The base is 4m+5m+3m=12m —Area=(base)x(height)=(12)(12)=144square meters —Find the area of the small dimensions or rectangles; area=(base)x(height)=(4)(5)=20square meters area=(base)x(height)=(5)(5)=25square meters —Subtract the area of small dimensions from the total dimension which is 144 square meters; 144-20-25= 99 square meters
2nd method: —Split the two dimensional figures to three rectangles and determine the area of each rectangles; area=(base)x(height)=(12)(4)=48square meters area=(base)x(height)=(12)(3)=36square meters 12m-4m-5m=3m area=(base)x(height)=(3)(5)=15 square meters —Add up the areas of the three rectangles; (48+36+15) = 99 square meters