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Example Question #11 : Triangles
The hypotenuse of a right triangle is
feet; it has one leg feet long. Give its area in square inches.
The area of a right triangle is half the product of the lengths of its legs, so we need to use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the other leg. Set
:
The legs have length
and feet; multiply both dimensions by to convert to inches:inches
inches.
Now find half the product:
Example Question #161 : Geometry
Which of the following is equal to the area of a rectangle with length
meters and width meters?
Multiply each dimension by
to convert meters to centimeters:
Multiply these dimensions to get the area of the rectangle in square centimeters:
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Trapezoid
The above diagram depicts a rectangle
with isosceles triangle . If is the midpoint of , and the area of the orange region is , then what is the length of one leg of ?
The length of a leg of
is equal to the height of the orange region, which is a trapezoid. Call this length/height .Since the triangle is isosceles, then
, and since is the midpoint of , . Also, since opposite sides of a rectangle are congruent,
Therefore, the orange region is a trapezoid with bases
and and height . Its area is 72, so we can set up and solve this equation using the area formula for a trapezoid:
This is the length of one leg of the triangle.
Example Question #391 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
A trapezoid has a height of
inches and bases measuring inches and inches. What is its area?
Use the following formula, with
:
Example Question #51 : Geometry
What is the area of a triangle with a base of
and a height of ?
The formula for the area of a triangle is
.Plug the given values into the formula to solve:
Example Question #52 : Geometry
Find the area of a square with side length 1.
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a square. Thus,
Example Question #53 : Geometry
Find the area of a triangle with height 6 and base 3.
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a triangle.
Given the height is 6 and the base is 3, substitute these values into area of a triangle formula.
Thus,
Example Question #1833 : Hspt Mathematics
What is 60% of the area of the above square?
The area of a square, it being a rhombus, is the product of the lengths of its diagonals. The diagonals are of the same length, so both diagonals have length 8, and the area of the square is
.
60% of 32 is equal to 32 multiplied by
, which is.
Example Question #1834 : Hspt Mathematics
A circle has radius 12. Which of the following gives 40% of the area of this circle?
The area of a circle with radius
is.
The radius of the circle is
, so the area is.
40% of this is
Example Question #54 : Geometry
A rectangle measures six feet in width and four and one-half feet in height. Give its area in square yards.
9 square yards
243 square yards
81 square yards
3 square yards
3 square yards
Convert each dimension from feet to yards by dividing by conversion factor 3:
Their product is the area in square yards:
.
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