Answer:
[tex]232 cm^{2}[/tex] (B.)
Step-by-step explanation:
Don't overwhelm yourself. Take a deep breath and look at the triangle that has the height of 14 cm.
Recall that the area of a triangle is A= 1/2bh
The base of the triangle is 8 cm, if you eyeball it with the square. The height is given as 14.
1/2 (14)(8)
= 56 cm^2 x 2
= 112 cm^2
Great! We found two of the triangles (there are two of these, look at the paper)
Now let's take a look at the second triangle with the height of 12 cm.
Eyeball the base, which is 6 cm from the square in the middle.
1/2 (6)(12)
= 36 x 2
= 72 cm^2 (there are two of these triangles)
The easy part comes. The area of a square is simply
A= bh
= (6)(8)
= 48 cm^2.
ADD 'EM UP
48 + 72 + 112
= 232 cm^2
