A rectangles right side is slanted and at the bottom it says it is 10 cm at the top of the shape it says it’s 8 cm and on the left side it says it’s 4 cm. what is the area of the figure in square centimeters??

Answer 1

The given shape is a trapezoid. The area of a trapezoid is given by the formula:

area = 0.5 * (sum of parallel sides) * height

In this case, the parallel sides are the top (8 cm) and bottom (10 cm), and the height is the left side (4 cm).

area = 0.5 * (8 + 10) * 4
area = 0.5 * 18 * 4
area = 9 * 4
area = 36 square centimeters

The area of the figure is 36 square centimeters.