Question

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Answer 1

Answer:

  98 ft²

Step-by-step explanation:

There are a couple of ways you can think about this one. Perhaps easiest is to treat it as a square with a triangle cut out of it. The cutout triangle has a base (across the top) of 14 ft and a height of 14 ft, so its area is ...

  A = (1/2)(14 ft)(14 ft) = 98 ft²

Of course the area of the square from which it is cut is ...

  A = (14 ft)² = 196 ft²

So, the net area of the two triangles shown is ...

  A = (196 ft²) - (98 ft²) = 98 ft²

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Another way to work this problem is to attack it directly. Let the base of the left triangle be x. Then the base of the right triangle is 14-x, and their total area is ...

  A = A1 + A2 = (1/2)(x ft)(14 ft) + (1/2)((14-x) ft)(14 ft)

We can factor out 7 ft to get ...

  A = (7 ft)(x ft + (14 -x) ft)

  A = (7 ft)(14 ft) = 98 ft²