Maggie found the area of the irregular figure by dividing it into a triangle and a rectangle.Her work is shown below.Area of rectangle = bh = (6 cm)(5 cm) = 30 Area of triangle = bh = (2 cm)(3 cm) = 6 Area of entire figure = 30 + 6 = 36 Which best describes the error that Maggie made?

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She didn’t use the correct formula for the area of the triangle.

Area of Irregular Figures

Maggie found the area of the irregular figure by dividing it into a triangle and a rectangle.Her work is shown below.Area of rectangle = bh = (6 cm)(5 cm) = 30 Area of triangle = bh = (2 cm)(3 cm) = 6 Area of entire figure = 30 + 6 = 36 Which best describes the error that Maggie made?

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