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    One way to find the area of an irregular figure is to divide it into smaller parts. One way is to find the areas of each of the three rectangles, add them up. Then subtract the areas of the two rhombuses, since they were counted twice.

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    One way to find the area of an irregular figure is to divide it into smaller parts. One way is to find the areas of each of the three rectangles, add them up. Then subtract the areas of the two rhombuses, since they were counted twice.

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    Thenotequalsign?Eeiscertainlynotthemajorityinthatrealm.

    Butletsgoaheadandhelphimwiththeareaofthesymbolheloves.How
    couldwefindtheareaofsuchabizarrefigure,though?Well,weknow
    thatonewaytofindareasofirregularfigureslikethisoneistofirstdivide
    thebig,wholepartintosmaller,morerecognizableshapesandaddup
    theirindividualareas.Soletsdothat!

    Therearemanywaystodivideupthissymbol,butprobablyoneofthe
    moreefficientwaysistofindtheareasofeachofthethreerectangles
    (oneforthetopline,oneforthebottomline,andoneforthetransversal),
    addthemup,andthensubtracttheareasoftherhombuses,sincethey
    werecountedtwice.Soletsdothat!

    Firstthingsfirst,Ivelabeledsomemorelinesofinterest,inorange,with
    arrowsshowingwherethevaluescamefrom:


    Wecanusethisdiagramtomake
    thingsalittlebitlessconfusing.I
    knowitsalittlemessyaroundthe
    middlewiththearrows,but...

    Sonow,therectangles.Weknow
    theformulaforfindingtheareaof
    rectangles,soletsgoaheadand
    usethose.Thetoprectanglefirst:

    A=bh
    A=(24+8*sqrt(3)+18)(12)
    A=(42+8*sqrt(3))(12)=504+96*sqrt(3)

    Thatsasfarsimplifiedaswecanget.Lookingatthevaluesonthebottom
    rectangle,itseemsliketheareaisthesameduetothesamebaseand
    thesameheight.Sowedonthavetoworryaboutmorecalculationfor
    thatone.

    Nowthetransversal:

    A=bh
    A=(10+8*sqrt(3)+6+8*sqrt(3)+14)(12)
    A=(30+16*sqrt(3))(12)=360+192*sqrt(3)

    Alright,nowwehavealltherectanglescovered.Theareaofthetwo
    rhombusesnow,andthenwellhaveallthenumbersweneedforthelast
    areacalculation.

    Wecanseethatonediagonaloftherhombusisequaltotheothersides.
    Thissplitstherhombusintotwoequilateraltriangles,whichweknow(at
    least,Ido)howtofindtheareaofgiventheside.Soifwemultiplythatby

    4,weshouldgetacombinedareaforthetworhombuses,sincethey
    togethermakefourequilateraltriangles.

    Subbingin:

    A=4*(sqrt(3)*(s^2)/4)=4*(sqrt(3)*(8*sqrt(3))^2/4)
    A=sqrt(3)*64*3=192*sqrt(3)

    Alright!Nowwehavetherectanglesandtherhombuses.Letscomplete
    ouroriginalplanwiththesenumbers!

    A=RectsRhombs
    A=(504+96*sqrt(3))+(504+96*sqrt(3))+
    (192*sqrt(3))(192*sqrt(3))
    A=1008+192*sqrt(3)

    Alright!Sothatsthearea!Butthatwasthefigureinthediagram.We
    weretoldthattheactualfigurewashalfthatsize,lengthwise.Sothat
    meanswehavetosquarethescalefactor(1/2)andmultiplyitwithour
    deducedareatofinallygetthefinalareaweneed.

    (1008+192*sqrt(3))*(1/2)^2
    (1008+192*sqrt(3))/4
    252+48*sqrt(3)

    Well,Ee,wevefigureditout!Theareaofyoursmallerfigureis
    252+
    48*sqrt(3)
    ,whichisabout
    335.138
    .

    DONE

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