To find the area of a polygon, we can divide it into triangles and calculate the area of each triangle.
Let's divide the polygon into two triangles by drawing a diagonal from the top vertex to the midpoint of the bottom side.
The first triangle will have a base of 8 units and a height of 5 units. The area of the first triangle is (1/2)*base*height = (1/2)*8*5 = 20 square units.
The second triangle will have a base of 6 units and a height of 5 units. The area of the second triangle is (1/2)*base*height = (1/2)*6*5 = 15 square units.
Therefore, the total area of the polygon is 20 + 15 = 35 square units.
What is the area of the polygon? Assume that segments that appear congruent are congruent and angles that appear to be right angles are right angles.
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