The area of the polygon can be calculated by finding the area of each individual shape (two rectangles and two triangles) and adding them together.
Area of vertical rectangle: 12 * 3 = 36 square units
Area of horizontal rectangle: 4 * 2 = 8 square units
Area of top left triangle: (4 * 2) / 2 = 4 square units
Area of top right triangle: (4 * 2) / 2 = 4 square units
Total area = 36 + 8 + 4 + 4 = 52 square units
Therefore, the correct answer is 52 square units.
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An illustration shows the outline of letter upper T. The vertical rectangular base of the letter has length 12 and width 3. The horizontal rectangular crossbar at the top has thickness 2. The lower sides of the horizontal crossbar on either side of the vertical base measure 4.
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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64 square units
64 square units
58 square units
58 square units
52 square units
52 square units
50 square units
50 square units
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