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4-62.

Find the area and perimeter of the shape at right.  

A square with a right triangle, resting on top. The triangle has left side labeled, 3 ft, slanted, right side, labeled 7.6 ft, bottom side, shared with square, unlabeled. The square has right side labeled 7 ft, bottom side labeled 7 ft, left side unlabeled.

To find the area, treat this shape as a square and a right triangle.
Find their individual areas, and then add them together.

To find the perimeter, add together all of the side lengths.

Area: square feet
Perimeter: feet

Same figure with left and top side of square labeled, 7 ft.