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Example Question #381 : Problem Solving Questions
A rectangle twice as long as it is wide has perimeter . Write its area in terms of .
Let be the width of the rectangle; then its length is , and its perimeter is
Set this equal to and solve for :
The width is and the length is , so multiply these expressions to get the area:
Example Question #382 : Problem Solving Questions
A rectangle has its vertices at . What part, in percent, of the rectangle is located in Quadrant III?
A rectangle with vertices has width and height , thereby having area .
The portion of the rectangle in Quadrant III is a rectangle with vertices
.
It has width and height , thereby having area .
Therefore, of the rectangle is in Quadrant III; this is equal to
Example Question #381 : Problem Solving Questions
What is the area of a rectangle given the length of and width of ?
To find the area of a rectangle, you must use the following formula:
Example Question #1 : Calculating The Area Of A Rectangle
What polynomial represents the area of a rectangle with length and width ?
The area of a rectangle is the product of the length and the width. The expression can be multplied by noting that this is the product of the sum and the difference of the same two terms; its product is the difference of the squares of the terms, or
Example Question #382 : Problem Solving Questions
A rectangle has its vertices at . What percentage of the rectangle is located in Quadrant IV?
A rectangle with vertices has width and height ; it follows that its area is .
The portion of the rectangle in Quadrant IV has vertices . Its width is , and its height is , so its area is .
Therefore, , or , of this rectangle is in Quadrant IV.
Example Question #6 : Calculating The Area Of A Rectangle
The perimeter of a rectangle is and its length is times the width. What is the area?
The perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of all four sides, that is:
since , we can rewrite the equation as:
We are being asked for the area so we still aren't done. The area of a rectangle is the product of the width and length. We know what the width is so we can find the length and then take their product.
Example Question #8 : Calculating The Area Of A Rectangle
Mark is building a garden with raised beds. One side of the garden will be 10 feet long and the other will be 5 less than three times the first side. What area of will Mark's garden be?
Mark is building a garden with raised beds. One side of the garden will be 10 feet long and the other will be 5 less than three times the first side. What area of will Mark's garden be?
This problem asks us to find the area of a rectangle. We are given one side and asked to find the other. To find the other, we need to use the provided clues.
"...five less..."
"...three times the first side..." or
So put it together:
Next, find the area via the following formula:
So our answer is:
Example Question #383 : Problem Solving Questions
Find the area of a rectangle whose side lengths are .
To calculate area, multiply width times height. Thus,
Example Question #384 : Problem Solving Questions
Find the area of a rectangle whose width is and length is .
To find area, simply multiply length times width. Thus
Example Question #385 : Problem Solving Questions
Note: figure NOT drawn to scale
Give the area of the above rectangle.
The area of a rectangle is the product of its length and width;