Practice Finding the Area of a Polygon > Stacy example showing how to find the area of a polygon
Then solve problems 1-5.
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Example
The polygon represents the floor space of a
ciaching store inamall. How many square feet
of foor space does the store have?
Decompose the polygon into tovo rectangles
andatangle
Area of top rectangle
bh= 25720 = 500
Are of bottom rectangle
bih=50/15 = 750
Are of triangle
= 250
*
20
1
150
=
Total area: 500 - 750 - 250 = 1.500
The store has 1.500 ft- of floor space.
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