Calculate the area of the irregular polygon shown below:

Image of letter E with height of 12 and width of 7 and inside space of height of 5 and width of 6. All units are in inches.

24 square inches
44 square inches
54 square inches
84 square inches

Calculate the area of the irregular polygon shown below Image of letter E with height of 12 and width of 7 and inside space of height of 5 and width of 6 All un class=

Respuesta :

24 square inches. do the area of the whole rectangle (7x12) and subtract the two little rectangles (5X6) x 2= 60 so 84-60=24

Answer:

The area of the irregular polygon is [tex]24[/tex] square inches

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The area of the irregular polygon shown, is equal to the area of the whole rectangle minus the two empty rectangular spaces

so

[tex]A=(7*12)-2*(6*5)\\ \\A=84-60\\ \\A=24\ in^{2}[/tex]