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| What is the formula used for calculating the area of a rectangle? |
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Definition
The area of a rectangle is equal to the product of the base and the height for that base.
Arect = bh
Where b is the length of the base and h is the height. |
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| What is the area of the triangle below having a base of length 5.2 and a height of 4.2? |
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Definition
The area of a triangle is half the product of its base and height, which is 1/2 ×5.2 × 4.2 = 2.6 × 4.2 = 10.92..
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| What is the formula used for calculating the area of a rectangle? |
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Definition
| If l is the side-length of a square, the area of the square is l2 or l × l. |
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| What three things may be assumed about area? |
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| 1. Every closed region has an area 2. If two closed figures are congruent, then their areas are equal 3. If two closed regions intersect only along a common boundary, then the area of their union is equal two the sums of their individual area |
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