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An illustration shows the outline of letter upper T. The vertical rectangular base of the letter has length 12 and width 3. The horizontal rectangular crossbar at the top has thickness 2. The lower sides of the horizontal crossbar on either side of the vertical base measure 4.
What is the area of the polygon? Assume that segments that appear congruent are congruent and angles that appear to be right angles are right angles.
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52 square units
52 square units
64 square units
64 square units
50 square units
50 square units
58 square units
58 square units
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To find the area of the polygon, we first need to find the area of the two rectangles that make up the letter T.
The vertical rectangular base:
Area = length * width
Area = 12 * 3
Area = 36 square units
The horizontal rectangular crossbar:
Area = length * width
Area = (12 + 4 + 4) * 2
Area = 20 * 2
Area = 40 square units
Total area of the polygon = 36 + 40 = 76 square units
Therefore, the correct answer is not provided.