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Example Question #13 : How To Find The Area Of A Square In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a square with a side length of ?
To find the area we square the side length
In this case we square to get
.
The answer for the area is .
Example Question #421 : Pre Algebra
What is the area of a square with a side length of ?
To find the area of square, multiply the side lengths together:
Example Question #422 : Pre Algebra
A square has a side length of cm. What is the area of the square?
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Recall by definition that all sides of a square are congruent. Thus, since a square is a rectangle, we have that the area of a square is:
square cm.
Example Question #423 : Pre Algebra
A square has an area of 16. If the sides of the square are tripled, what would be its new area?
If a square has an area of 16, that means each side equals 4. If each side were to be tripled, each side would equal 12. To find the new area of the square multiply two sides of the square:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 18 meters and a width of 4 meters.
The area formula for a rectangle is . Plug in the values and you get 72. Since area is squared, make sure your units are squared as well.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a base of and a height of
?
To find the area of a rectangle we multiply the base by the height.
Plug the number for base and
for height into the equation to get
.
We then multiply to find the answer for the area is .
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a base of and a height of
?
To find the area of a rectangle we multiply the base by the height.
Plug the number for base and
for height into the equation to get
.
We then multiply to find the answer for the area is .
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
The area of a rectangle is . If the length of the rectangle is
, what is the width?
The formula for the area of a rectangle is the length times the width: .
Plug in our given information:
Divide both sides by 8.
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
The area of a quadrilateral is . If the length of one side is
, what is the width of the figure?
The area of a quadrilateral is the length times the width, or . The problem gives us the area and the length, so we can solve:
Divide both sides by :
Example Question #5 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a length of and a width of
?
The area of a rectangle is the length times the width:
Plug in our given values and solve:
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