EXAMPLE 40 yd
50 yd
70 yd
40 yd
40 yd
Real-Life Application
Find the area of the fairway between two streams on a wolf course,
There are several ways to separate the fairway intores whose areas
you can find using formulas. It appears that one way is to separate it
into a right triangle and a rectangle
Identify each shape and find any missing dimensions
40 ya
The height of the
50 yd
10 yd
right triangle
70 040 30 yards 70 yd
40 yd
40 yd
40 yd
40 yd
Area of Rectangle Area of Right Triangle
A - w
70(40)
2800
(40) (30)
600
So, the area of the fairway is 2800+600 - 3400 square yards.
Practice
Find the area of the shaded figure.
1
2
3.
Find the area of the figure.
4. 12.ft
T
5.ft
5.
6.
10 in
7 cm
5 ft
10 in
12 ft
8 cm
11 cm
6 in
ANOTHER METHOD Find the area in Example 2 using a different method.
Extension 4.3
Areas of Composite Figu