The figure below represents a large poster being designed for a pep rally in the school gym. The units on the grid represent meters.
On the coordinate plane, the point A is at (4, 2), B is at (4, 12), C is at (8, 12), D is at (8, 2), E is at (2, 2), F is at (6, 18), and G is at (10, 2).
What is the total area of the poster?
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The bottom portion of the figure, quadrilateral , may be composed into a larger rectangle with base
. The area of this composed rectangle is
square meters.
The triangles that need to be subtracted from the composed rectangle to find the area bounded by each have a base of
meters and a height of
meters.
The area of triangle is
square meters.
The total area of the figure is
square meters.
- The bottom portion of the figure, quadrilateral ABCD, may be composed into a larger rectangle with base 4 meters. The area of this composed rectangle is 40 square meters.
- The triangles that need to be subtracted from the composed rectangle to find the area bounded by ABCDEF each have a base of 4 meters and a height of 2 meters.
- The area of triangle CDE is 4 square meters.
- The total area of the figure is 36 square meters.