Basic Geometry : Quadrilaterals

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Example Questions

Example Question #905 : Basic Geometry

 

If a linoleum tile is a perfect square and has an area of , what is the perimeter of the tile?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Using the formula for area of a square, we can find the length of the sides and solve for the perimeter:

Now that we have the length of our sides, we can solve for perimeter:

Example Question #63 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square

If the area of a square is 12.25 square meters, what is its perimeter?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a square is found by squaring the length of each side. That means we can figure out the length of the sides by taking the square root of 12.25.

The length of all 4 sides is 3.5 meters, since this is a square, so the perimeter is

Example Question #911 : Basic Geometry

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In square ABCD, the length of line BC is  inches. What is the perimeter of square ABCD? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In any square, the diagonal (BC) will always be equal to the length of any side multiplied by √2.

So, if the diagonal is equal to 2√2, then working backwards, you have to divide the diagonal length by √2. 

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So if the diagonal is equal to 2√2, then any given side should equal 2.

If you add up all the sides, your final answer is 8.

 

 

Example Question #64 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square

Find the perimeter, , of a square whose side length, , is 7.9.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the perimeter of a square is 

Example Question #65 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square

Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.

How many feet does a batter run when they hit a home run?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Because the baserunner is going in a perfect square, they run 90 feet four different times.

We can solve the total distance with the equation 

Example Question #914 : Basic Geometry

Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.

If a baserunner is standing on second base and their teammate hits a home run, how far does the baserunner run to reach home plate?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Because the baserunner is on second base, they only have to run from second base to third base and third base to home plate.

This means they run the length of two sides of the square.

So, they run

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Example Question #504 : Quadrilaterals

Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.

If a batter is hits a triple and makes it all the way to third base how far did they run?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The batter runs from home plate to first base, first base to second base, and second base to third base.

That means they run three sides of the square infield.

So they ran 90 Feet three times. 

Example Question #71 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square

Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.

If a batter ran to first, then started to run toward second base, but decided to go back to first base when they were halfway to second, how far would they have run in total by the time the made it back to first base?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

If they run this way they run 90 feet between home plate and first base, 45 feet between first base and the point where they turn around, and 45 more feet from where they turned around to first base. So, they ran 

Example Question #71 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square

Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.

If a baserunner is on third base and the batter hits a home run, how far to the two players run in total?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The baserunner on third base runs 90 feet to home plate and is done running.

The batter who hit the home run runs all four sides of the square, so they run 360 feet. 

Example Question #918 : Basic Geometry

Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.

If a confused batter hits a home run and then runs the bases backwards, how far will they in total run if they make it all the way back to home plate before they realize their mistake, and then run all of the bases again in the correct order?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

If running all of the bases once is 360 feet,

then running the bases twice is 

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