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Example Question #21 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
Find the area of a square with a perimeter of .
To find the length of one side, we will need to divide the perimeter by 4, since a square has four equal sides.
The area of a square is:
Square the quantity of the side.
Use the FOIL method to solve.
The answer is:
Example Question #22 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
Find the area of a square with a width of 11in.
To find the area of a square, we will use the following formula:
where l is the length and w is the width of the square.
Now, we know the width of the square is 11in. Because it is a square, all sides are equal. Therefore, the length is also 11in.
So, we will substitute. We get
Example Question #23 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
Use the following rectangle to answer the question:
Find the area.
To find the area of a rectangle, we will use the following formula:
where l is the length and w is the width of the rectangle.
Now, given the rectangle
we can see the length is 9cm and the width is 7cm. So, we will substitute. We get
Example Question #24 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 12in and a width that is half the length.
To find the area of a rectangle, we will use the following formula:
where l is the length and w is the width of the rectangle.
Now, we know the length of the rectangle is 12in. We know the width of the rectangle is half the length. Therefore, the width is 6in. Now, we can substitute. We get
Example Question #31 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
What is the area of a square with a perimeter of ?
The perimeter includes the sum of the four sides of the square.
Divide by 4 on each side.
Each side has a length of three fourths.
Write the formula for the area of a square.
Substitute the side.
The area is:
Example Question #32 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of and a height of .
Write the formula to find the area of a rectangle.
Substitute the dimensions.
The answer is:
Example Question #33 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
What is the area of a square with a side of ?
Write the area formula for a square.
Substitute the side length in the equation.
The area is:
Example Question #34 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
What is the area of a square that has a perimeter of ?
Start by finding the length of a side for the square by using the given perimeter.
For the given square,
Now, recall how to find the area of a square:
Plug in the side length of the square to find its area.
Example Question #35 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
Use the following rectangle to answer the question:
Find the area.
To find the area of a rectangle, we will use the following formula:
where l is the length and w is the width of the rectangle.
Now, given the rectangle
we can see the length is 9cm and the width is 7cm. So, we substitute. We get
Example Question #36 : Area Of A Quadrilateral
Use the following square to answer the question:
Find the area.
To find the area of a square, we will use the following formula:
where l is the length and w is the width of the square.
Now, given the square
we can see the width is 8cm. Because it is a square, all sides are equal. Therefore, the length is also 8cm. So, we can substitute. We get
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