What is the area of this figure?
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the area of the figure is ? cm2.

a. 102
b. 132
c. 168
d. 340

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First of all we can draw a parallel line to divide the figure into a triangle and a rectangle as shown in the figure. To find the area of our rectangle, remember that the area of a rectangle is length times width, so . Since we know for our figure that the length and width of our rectangle are 13cm and 6cm respectively, lets replace those values in our formula to get its area:


Similarly, the area of a triangle is one half times base times height, so . Since we know that our base is 8cm and our height 6cm, lets replace those values in our equation to find the area of our triangle:



Now the only thing left is add our areas:
 

We can conclude that the correct answer is A. 102