Question

Find the area of the polygon shown in the figure.

Answer 1

Answer:

Hey there!

Area for a triangle: 0.5bh, where b is the base, and h is the height.

Plugging in the values: 0.5(4)(8), or simplified to 16.

The area of the polygon is 16 units^2

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

Answer:

$\boxed{16 \: units^2}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Apply formula for area of a triangle.

Area of a triangle = $\frac{1}{2} bh$

$b:base\\h:height$

The base is 4 units. The height is 8 units.

$\frac{1}{2} (4)(8)$

$\frac{1}{2} (32)=16$