Answer:
7 square units
Step-by-step explanation:
We can break down this complex shape into smaller shapes.
I've broken it down into a rectangle, a square, and a triangle (See attached picture)
Let's first find the area of the triangle. To do this we use the formula [tex]\frac{bh}{2}[/tex]. The base is 1 (because the top is 2, and 1 is already used on the triangle - 2-1 = 1.) and the height is 2 (because 4 is already used on the left, and 2 was used on the right so 4-2=2).
[tex]\frac{2\cdot1}{2} = \frac{2}{2} = 1[/tex].
Now let's find the area of the top square - we can just square 2 which is 4.
To find the area of the bottom rectangle, we can multiply it's two side lengths of 2 and 1 = 2.
Adding these all together gets us 4+2+1 = 7.
Hope this helped!
