Find the area of the large rectangle by finding the area of the two small rectangles and adding them.

Answer:
Area of the given figure is 21 square units
Step-by-step explanation:
Area of the rectangle formula is length times width
Area of the top rectangle
Length = 5 and width = 3
So area of top rectangle =5 times 3 is 15 square units
Area of bottom rectangle
length =2 and width =3
So area of bottom rectangle is 2 times 3 is 6 square units
Total area =[tex]15+6= 21[/tex] square units