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Example Question #212 : Geometry
The length of a rectangular rug is five more than twice its width. The perimeter of the rug is 40 ft. What is the area of the rug?
For a rectangle, and where is the width and is the length.
Let and .
So the equation to solve becomes or .
Thus and , so the area is .
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle
The length of a rectangle is 5 times its width. Its width is 3 inches long. What is the area of the rectangle in square inches?
The length is 5 x 3 = 15 inches. Multiplied by the width of 3 inches, yields 45 in2.
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle
A rectangle’s base is twice its height. If the base is 8” long, what is the area of the rectangle?
24 in2
64 in2
32 in2
16 in2
12 in2
32 in2
Rectangle
B = 2H
B = 8”
H = B/2 = 8/2 = 4”
Area = B x H = 8” X 4” = 32 in2
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle
The length of a rectangle is two more than twice the width. The perimeter is 58ft. What is the area of the rectangle?
For a rectangle, and , where is the length and is the width.
Let be equal to the width. We know that the length is equal to "two more than twice with width."
The equation to solve for the perimeter becomes .
Now that we know the width, we can solve for the length.
Now we can find the area using .
Example Question #215 : Plane Geometry
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of and a length of .
First, we need to convert the length and width of the rectangle into similiar units.
Now, calculate the area.
Example Question #215 : Geometry
A rectangle has a diagonal of and a width of . What is the area of the rectangle?
Not enough information to solve
We are given the rectangle's diagonal and width and are asked to find its area. The diagonal forms two right triangles within the rectangle; therefore, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the rectangle's missing side. Then we can use the formula to find the are of the rectangle.
In our case, we can rename the variables to match our triangle.
Now we can calculate the area.
Example Question #61 : Quadrilaterals
Joe has a rectangluar yard and wants to fence in his yard as well as plant grass seed. His yard measures . The fence costs per foot, and the grass seed costs per square foot. How much money does he need to complete both projects?
This problem requires you to find both the perimeter (fence) and the area (grass seed) of a rectangle where and .
Fence Problem (Perimeter):
Grass Seed Problem (Area):
So the total cost for both projects is .
Example Question #31 : Rectangles
A rectangle has sides of units and units. If the perimeter of the rectangle is units, what is its area?
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Since a rectangle has pairs of equal-length sides, multiplying each side by and adding the products together gives the perimeter of the rectangle. Use this fact to set up an equation with the given information about the rectangle's sides and perimeter. Solving for in this equation will provide necessary information for finding the rectangle's area:
Multiplying the measure of the long side of the rectangle by the measure of the short side of the rectangle gives the rectangle's area. The length of the long side is given by substituting the solution for into the given expression that defines its length. The short side is , giving the following equation to calculate the area:
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Example Question #575 : High School Math
The ratio of the areas of two rectangles is . If the larger rectangle has a length of and a width of , what is the area of the smaller rectangle?
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The area of the larger rectangle is calculated as units squared. Since the ratio of the larger to the smaller rectangle is , dividing the larger rectangle's area by gives the area of the smaller rectangle:
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Example Question #221 : Geometry
Joey is working in his yard. In the middle of his rectangular yard he places a round cement fountain. The fountain has a diameter of . One bag of grass seed covers square feet. How many bags of grass seed will Joey need to cover his yard?
First, find the area of the rectangular yard:
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Next, find the area of the round cement fountain:
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Then find the difference between the two:
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Now, to get the number of grass seed bags needed, divide the area by to get approximately bags. Because one can't purchase a partial bag, the correct answer is the next largest whole number, or bags of grass seed.
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