You should be able to draw an imaginary line between two corners that divides the room into a trapezoid and a triangle. The area of a trapezoid is (a + b)/2 times h
where a and b are bases and h is the height.
The area of a triangle is one half the base times the height.
You can also divide the trapezoid into two triangles and do the triangle thing three times.
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The perimeter is the distance around the room, The reason the perimeter increased by 18 ft is due to both sides of the room that were lengthened by 9 ft.
The rectangle with the most area for a given perimeter is the square.Build the room square, with sides of 94-ft. The area is 8,836 square ft.
16ft x 12½ft for example
No.
If square room, then it 13.86 ft x 13.86 ft