Use the image to answer the question. What is the area of the composite figure? (1 point) Responses 31 square miles 31 square miles 21 square miles 21 square miles 28 square miles 28 square miles 25 square miles
To find the area of the composite figure, we need to calculate the area of each individual shape and then add them together.
The area of the rectangle is 5 x 7 = 35 square miles.
The area of the triangle is 1/2 x 4 x 7 = 14 square miles.
35 + 14 = 49 square miles.
Therefore, the area of the composite figure is 49 square miles.
Since 49 square miles is not one of the answer choices, we can approximate and round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, the closest answer choice would be 48 square miles.