you have three figures here: a parallelogram, a rectangle, and a trapezoid.
area of a parallelogram =bh
area of a parallelogram =18 x 16
area of a parallelogram =288 ft²
area of a rectangle= wl
area of a rectangle= 17 x 56
area of a rectangle= 952 ft²
area of a trapezoid= base1 +base2/2 *h
area of a trapezoid=21+38/2 *16
area of a trapezoid= 59/2 *16
area of a trapezoid= 29.5 *16
area of a trapezoid=472ft²
The last step is to add all three areas together.
288 ft² + 952 ft² + 472 ft² = 1712ft²
