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Could someone show me the steps of how to do this

To calculate the area of this figure we need to know the area of the parrallogram and rectangle the shapes are clearly outlined so we don't need to worry on which thing to find...... 

The formula to find the area of a parallogram is.

\(Area = Base*Height\)

The Formula of a rectangle is. 

\(Area = length * With\) 

Then we work out are problem and calculate the following   

Using the formula for the rectangle we look at the length of the each sides we never want to calcualte to SIDES or LINES THAT ARE PARALLEL in a rectangle

and by looking at the rectangle we can see it has a  

With of 7.3 inches  

& 

Length of 48.2   

Now we multiply them together and are product will be the area of the rectangle. 

\(7.3 * 48.2 = 351.86\) 

So this mean are current value and the are of the rectangle is 351.86 Sq inches  

Now all we have to do is find the area of the parallogram which I find similar to finding the area of a rectangle 

We see that the parrallogram has an exact base as the rectangle and has a height of 13.4 Sq inches so we multiply them together 

\(48.2 * 13.4 = 645.88\)

So now we know the parralogram's area is equal to 645.88 sq inches so now all we have to do is add are area's and find our answer. 

\(351.86 + 645.88 = 997.74\)

so we now know are toal area is 997.74 Sq inches.