find the area of the following figure

Answer:
okay
Step-by-step explanation:
calculate the areas of those rectangles separately
[tex]say \: rectangle \: 1 \\ area = 21 \times 18 \\ = {378in}^{2} \\ rectangle \: two \\ area = 17 \times 9 \\ = {153in}^{2} \\ \\ total \: area \: = 153 + 378 \\ = {531in}^{2} [/tex]