Sarah would like to build a garden this year. Sarah measured out the outside of her proposed garden and would like to know how many square feet of space she will have to use. Calculate the area of her garden from the picture below. show your work please it's required​

Step-by-step explanation:

Divide the area into 3 parts as below.

Calculate each area and add up:

Total area:

a

step-by-step explanation:

when a number is between two straight lines it means the absolute value.

to find absolute value you need to know how many numbers is that number away from 0.

when finding absolute value the number will always come out positive

so absolute value of -3 is 3

absolute value of 3/2 is 3/2

absolute value of -2 is 2

absolute value of 3.5 is 3.5

absolute value of -1 is 1

now put these numbers in order:

a)   |-1|, |3/2|, |-2|, |-3|, |3.5|