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Example Question #1 : Area Of A Triangle
The above figure shows Square ;
is the midpoint of
;
is the midpoint of
. What percent of the square is shaded?
The answer is independent of the sidelengths of the rectangle, so to ease calculations, we will arbitrarily assign to Square sidelength 4 inches.
The shaded region can be divided by a perpendicular segment from to
, then another from
to that segment, as follows:
By the fact that rectangles have opposite sides that are congruent, and by the fact that is the midpoint of
and
is the midpoint of
, the shaded region is a composite of:
Square , which has sides of length 2 and therefore area
;
Right triangle , which has two legs of length 2 and, thus, area
; and,
Right triangle , which has legs of length 4 and 2 and, thus, area
.
The area of the shaded region is therefore .
Square has area
, so the shaded region is
of the square.
Example Question #2 : Area Of A Triangle
Give the area of the above triangle.
This triangle is isosceles by the converse of the Isosceles Triangle Theorem. The altitude of the triangle divides it into two triangles that are both right and that are congruent, as follows:
Each triangle is a triangle. The altitude is the short leg of each triangle, and, therefore, its length is half that of the common hypotenuse, or 6. The long leg of each right triangle has length
times that of the short leg, or
, and the base of the entire large triangle is twice this, or
.
The area of the triangle is half the product of the height and the base:
Example Question #3 : Area Of A Triangle
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the above diagram. In terms of area, is what percent of
?
The area of a triangle is half the product of its baselength and its height.
To find the area of , we can use the lengths of the legs
and
:
To find the area of , we can use the hypotenuse
, the length of which is 30, and the altitude
perpendicular to it:
In terms of area, is
of .
Example Question #4 : Area Of A Triangle
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the figure above. Give the area of the blue triangle.
The inscribed rectangle is a 20 by 20 square. Since opposite sides of the square are parallel, the corresponding angles of the two smaller right triangles are congruent; therefore, the two triangles are similar and, by definition, their sides are in proportion.
The small top triangle has legs 10 and 20; the blue triangle has legs 20 and , where
can be calculated with the following proportion:
The legs of the blue triangle are 20 and 40; half their product is the area:
Example Question #1171 : Ged Math
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 7in and a height that is two times the base.
To find the area of a triangle, we will use the following formula:
where b is the base and h is the height of the triangle.
Now, we know the base of the triangle is 7in. We also know the height of the triangle is two times the base. Therefore, the height is 14in. So, we can substitute. We get
Example Question #6 : Area Of A Triangle
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 8in and a height that is half the base.
To find the area of a triangle, we will use the following formula:
where b is the base and h is the height of the triangle.
Now, we know the base of the triangle is 8in. We also know the height of the triangle is half the base. Therefore, the height is 4in. So, we can substitute. We get
Example Question #31 : Triangles
What is the area of a triangle with a base of and a height of
?
Write the formula for the area of a triangle.
Substitute the base and height.
Simplify the fractions.
The answer is:
Example Question #8 : Area Of A Triangle
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 6cm and a height that is three times the base.
To find the area of a triangle, we will use the following formula:
where b is the base and h is the height of the triangle.
Now, we know the base of the triangle is 6cm. We also know the height is three times the base. Therefore, the height is 18cm. So, we substitute. We get
Example Question #9 : Area Of A Triangle
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 10in and a height of 9in.
To find the area of a triangle, we will use the following formula:
where b is the base and h is the height of the triangle.
Now, we know the base of the triangle is 10in. We know the height of the triangle is 9in. So, we can substitute. We get
Example Question #10 : Area Of A Triangle
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 8cm and a height of 12cm.
To find the area of a triangle, we will use the following formula:
where b is the base and h is the height of the triangle.
We know the base of the triangle is 8cm.
We know the height of the triangle is 12cm.
Now, we can substitute. We get
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