Area of Polygons Practice Complete this assessment to review what you've learned. It will not count toward your grade. 3 of 53 of 5 Items Question Use the image to answer the question. Find the area of the polygon in square units. (1 point) square units Skip to navigation
To find the area of the polygon, you can split it into smaller shapes and calculate the area of each shape separately.
In this case, you can split the polygon into a rectangle and a triangle.
The rectangle has a length of 7 units and a width of 4 units.
Area of rectangle = length x width = 7 x 4 = 28 square units.
The triangle has a base of 7 units and a height of 3 units.
Area of triangle = 1/2 x base x height = 1/2 x 7 x 3 = 10.5 square units.
Therefore, the total area of the polygon is the sum of the area of the rectangle and the area of the triangle:
Total area = 28 + 10.5 = 38.5 square units.
So, the area of the polygon is 38.5 square units.