Solve the following problem: A town has a swimming pool shaped as in the diagram.
What is the area of the swimming pool in square yards?
(1 point)
Responses
30 square yards
30 square yards
65 square yards
65 square yards
56 square yards
56 square yards
44 square yards
To find the area of the swimming pool, we need to calculate the area of each individual shape and then add them together.
1. The main rectangle: 10 yards x 4 yards = 40 square yards
2. The small rectangle: 4 yards x 2 yards = 8 square yards
3. The two right triangles: (1/2) x 4 yards x 4 yards = 8 square yards each
Adding all these together:
40 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 64 square yards
Therefore, the area of the swimming pool is 64 square yards.