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Example Questions

Example Question #11 : How To Find The Area Of A Triangle In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a triangle with a base of  and a height of ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area of a triangle, use the equation:

Substitute the given values for base and height into the equation:

Example Question #731 : High School Math

Find the area of a triangle with a base of 3 inches and a height of 14 inches. 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Apply the formula for the area of a triangle:

A = 3 * 14 * (1/2) = 21

Make sure that your units are squared.

 

Example Question #732 : High School Math

Find the area of a triangle with a base of 16 meters and a height of 4 meters. 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Area of a triangle = 

 = (1/2) * 16 * 4

 = 32

Example Question #733 : High School Math

What is the area of this triangle?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a triangle can be calculated using this equation .

In this question, the base, , is . The height, , is .

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the area of circle with a radius of ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the area of a circle you must plug the radius into  in the following equation 

In this case the radius is  so we plug it into  to get 

We then multiply it by  to get our answer .

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a circle with radius of ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is .

Plug in our given values:

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a circle with a radius of ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is .

Plug in the information given and solve:

Remember, a number squared is just the same as that number times itself:

Example Question #4 : How To Find The Area Of A Circle In Pre Algebra

If the area of a circle is , what is the radius of the circle?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is .

Plug in the information given and solve:

Notice that the 's cancel out:

Take the square root of both sides:

Example Question #57 : Area Of A Figure

If the diameter of a circle is , what is the area of that circle?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The area of a circle is , but the problem gives us the diameter and not the radius.

The diameter is twice the radius, so . We can plug in our given values to find the radius:

Now we can plug this value into our equation for area:

Example Question #58 : Area Of A Figure

If the area of a circle is , what is the length of the radius?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a circle is . Plug in our given information to solve:

The 's cancel out, leaving us with:

Take the square root of both sides:

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