What is the area of the figure below

Step-by-step explanation:

What you have is a square and a rectangle

The formula to find the area of a square is

(you only need one side as they are all the same)

The formula for a rectangle is

Then you add them both up

false

step-by-step explanation:

the reason i say this is because for a certain length of sides you can pick any two and the length is wither equal or greater than the third side and in this case it's not.

3 + 5 = 8

8 is smaller than 9 which is the third side.

hope this : )