This irregular shape is hiding something/geometry challenge

This shape looks simple at first — especially because all the side lengths are given.

But once you actually try to find the area, things get interesting.

In this video, I’ll show you how to approach this irregular shape area problem step by step and figure out which information in the diagram really matters.

Before watching the solution, pause the video and try solving it yourself.

What area did you get?

Put your answer in the comments before seeing mine. I’d also love to know what method you used, because there may be more than one way to approach the problem.

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