So first you'd find the area of the rectangle, which is 3 × 6 = 18 inches squared. Then, you find the area of the triangles. To find the area of the top triangle, you'd do base × height/2 (5 × 6)/2 = 15 inches squared. The triangle on the left would be (4 × 3)/2 which is 6 inches squared. After you've added up all of the values, you get (18 + 15 + 6) = 39 inches squared, which is your answer. I hope this helps!
