Answer:
√250 + 2 = 5√10 + 2
Step-by-step explanation:
1. refer to image attached
2. split the area into a rectangle and triangle (see red line)
3. find the area of the triangle
a. find the base (2)
b. find the height (2)
area = base * height / 2 = 2 * 2 / 2 = 2
4. find the area of the rectangle
a. find the width
the width can be found from the right triangle at the top right. the height is 2 and the bottom leg is 1, so using the pythagorean theorem, the hypotenuse, which is the width of the triangle, equals
√(2²+1²) = √5 as our width
b. find the length
given the top right triangle, we have a height of 5 and another leg length of 5, so the length = √(5²+5²) = √50
the area of the rectangle is thus √50 * √5 = √250
4. the area is thus the two areas added up, or √250 + 2
