What is the area of ABCDE?_sq cm
got very confused on this part

A= 30 sq. cm

Step-by-step explanation:

We want to find the area of both triangles seprately than add them together. For the area of a traingle, we use the equation 1/2 base times height. For triangle ABE we do this:

For triangle BDC, we do this:

Now we have to add both areas ot get A=30 sq cm

step-by-step explanation:

graph using a few selected

x         y

-1       15

0         6

1         2.4

2       0.96