Answer: The lower supports are Congruent Rectangles and the area of the two supports is 24 square meters.
The upper arch can be decomposed as one semicircle with radius 6 meters minus a semicircle with radius 3 meters.
The area of the archway is (13.5 π + 24) square meters.
Step-by-step explanation:
By the given diagram,
The area of the archway = The area of upper support + Area of lower support.
Since, the lower support are two congruent rectangles having dimension 3 m × 4 m
Hence, The area of lower support = 3 × 4 + 3 × 4 = 12 + 12 = 24 square m.
Now, the upper support is the common the bounded area by the two concentric semi circles having radius 3 m and 6 m,
Hence, the area of the upper support = Area of semi circle having radius 6 m - Area of semi circle having radius 3 m
[tex]=\frac{\pi(6)^2}{2}-\frac{\pi(3)^2}{2} = \frac{36\pi-9\pi}{2}=\frac{27\pi}{2}=13.5\pi\text{ square m}[/tex]
Thus, the area of the archway = (13.5 π + 24) square meters