Find the area of the shape shown below.

To find the area break up the shapes:

The rectangle is A = bh which is 7*3 which is 21.

Triangle: A = 1/2(bh)

A=1/2(3*7)

A=1/2(21)

A=10.5

Now add up the areas:

21+10.5

=

31.5

The answer is 31.5 units.

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents

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