what is the area of the figure?

What you would need to do, is add the area of all the rectangles. The formula is wl or width * length. So find the are of all 3 rectangles, starting from the top:
5*2 = 10
3*2 = 6
5(because the rectangles are the same length)*2=10
10+10+6=26. The area of your rectangle is 26 units