Question

At a craft shop, a painter decided to paint a welcome sign to take home. An image of the sign is shown.

A five-sided figure with a flat top labeled 5 and one-half feet. A height labeled 4 feet. The length of the entire image is 9 ft. There is a point coming out of the right side of the image that is created by two line segments.

What is the area of the sign?

19 square feet
22 square feet
29 square feet
36 square feet

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The sign is in the shape of a trapezoid. To find the area of a trapezoid, you use the formula A = (1/2) * (b1 + b2) * h, where b1 and b2 are the two bases and h is the height.

In this case, the bases are 5.5 feet and 9 feet, and the height is 4 feet.

Plugging these values into the formula, we get:

A = (1/2) * (5.5 + 9) * 4
A = (1/2) * 14.5 * 4
A = 7.25 * 4
A = 29 square feet

Therefore, the area of the sign is 29 square feet.

The correct answer is 29 square feet.