Area of a Polygon In this unit, you learned about finding the area of triangles and rectangles using coordinates. But there are many more
shapes than just triangles and rectangles, and these shapes often can be relatively complex. You can still find properties of
such polygons by dividing them into an arrangement of simpler shapes-polygons that you're familiar with.
When a two-dimensional figure is composed of smaller figures, its area is equal to the sum of the areas of the smaller
figures. When finding the area of a polygon, it is helpful to know that any polygon can be partitioned into a series of
triangles.
You will use GeoGebra to partition a polygon into a set of triangles. Go to partitioning a polygone, and complete each step
below.
Part A
Draw line segments to partition the given polygons into triangles. There is more than one correct answer. Take a
screenshot of your construction, save it, and insert the image in the space below.