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The area of the whole figure is 67 in.

Step-by-step explanation:

I am going to import a photo in to help with my explanation.

Here you are wanting to find the area of the figure. As you can see, the holds 2 different rectangles (look at picture I uploaded). With the cut I made, you can now find the length and width of both rectangles

Solving

I will start with the smaller rectangle, which has a length of 3 and width of 5. To get the area of a rectangle you must multiply the length and width.

A = l x w

A = 3 x 5

A = 15

Now I will solve for the larger rectangle. You know that it has a width of 4 but you don't know the length of it. To get the length, add the two 5's together and then add 3. The 3 comes from the line that I drew from the beginning to take both rectangles apart. Now you can find the area of this rectangle.

A = l x w

A = 13 x 4

A = 52

Getting the area of the whole figure

Now that you have the area of both rectangles apart put it back together. What I mean by that is to add both areas together. Once you add both areas together, you should have the area of the whole figure.