Answer:
The total area is 56m²
Step-by-step explanation:
First divide the figure into two different parts; now we have a square and a rectangle. The square has a height of 4 and width of 4 so multiply both numbers to get your area. The rectangle has a height of 4 and an unknown width, with the information we have we know the width of the rectangle has at least 3m² on one side and 3m² on the other. Where we divided the figures we see the bottom width of the square is 4 which is the missing length to complete the rectangles width. Add 3 plus 3 plus 4 and you have your width. Since now we know that the width of the rectangle is 10 we can use the formula to get the area: 10 times 4 equals 40 the area of the rectangle is 40m².
Area of square: 16m²
Area of rectangle: 40m²
Add the areas of both shapes and that makes the area of the shape previously shown.
The total area is 56m²
