A shape is made from a rectangle 18 cm by 11 cm and a triangle with base 6 cm and height 3 cm. What is the total area?
Note
Total area = rectangle area + triangle area = 18×11 + 1/2×6×3 = 198 + 9 = 207 cm². For a shaded or remaining part, find each simple area first, then subtract the part that is removed. Use the perpendicular height, not a slanted side, because the height must make a right angle with the base. The answer is in square units because area measures the surface covered by the triangle.
