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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50 square units
50 square units

64 square units
64 square units

58 square units
58 square units

52 square units

Given a polygon in a T shape
2,4,4,12,3

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To calculate the area of the T-shaped polygon with the given dimensions, we will break the shape into recognizable components.

Given the dimensions:

  • The vertical segment of the “T”: 12 units long
  • The horizontal segment: appears to have lengths of 2 units on each side of the vertical segment (4 units total width)
  • The base of the vertical segment appears to be the same width as the connecting part of the T which is also 4 units

To find the area:

  1. The vertical rectangle (vertical part of the T):

    • Height = 12 units
    • Width = 4 units
    • Area = Height × Width = 12 × 4 = 48 square units
  2. The horizontal rectangle (the horizontal part of the T):

    • Height = 4 units
    • Width = 2 units
    • Area = Height × Width = 4 × 4 = 16 square units

Now we can add both areas:

  • Total Area = Area of vertical rectangle + Area of horizontal rectangle = 48 + 16 = 64 square units.

Thus, the area of the polygon is 64 square units.