Remark
You don't have to decompose the second one, and it is better if you don't. Just find the area as you probably did: use the formula for a trapezoid. You have to assume that the 6cm line hits the 2 bases at right angles for each of them, otherwise, you don't know the height. So I'm going to assume that we are in agreement about the second one.
Problem One
The answer for this one has to be broken down and unfortunately, you answer is not right for the total area, although you might get 52 for the triangle. Let's check that out.
<em><u>Triangle</u></em>
Area = 1/2 * b * h
base = 16 cm
h = 10 - 4 = 6
Area = 1/2 * 16 * 6
Area = 48
<em><u>Area of the Rectangle</u></em>
Area = L * W
L = 16
W = 4
Area = L * W
Area = 16 * 4
Area = 64
<em><u>Total Area</u></em>
Area = 64 + 48
Area = 112 of both figures <<<< Answer
Answer:
28
Step-by-step explanation:
3x4 is 12
2x8 is 16
16+12 is 28
To start this problem, what we need to do is try to simplify the fraction into one we might know already. The best way to go about doing this is to see if we can divide the top and bottom by any of the same numbers.
We can divide 9 by 1, 3, and 9
We can divide 12 by 1, 3, 4, and 12
Looking back over the numbers, we can see that both 9 and 12 are divisible by 3, so if we divide both of them by 3, we will get a new fraction! This fraction will be 3/4.
Our next step is to see if we know what 3/4 is. I know 1/4 is .25 because the coin called a quarter is 25 cents, so if I had 3 quarters, I would have 75 cents, so I know know that 9/12 = 3/4 = .75!
It helps demonstrate it since it forms a right triangle in the middle with 2 base lengths and a hypotenuse. The areas of the squares can be plugged into the pythagorean theorem in order to find the answer
