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How do you find the area of an odd shape?
There are many ways to find the area of an odd shape. Usually, you have to break the shape down into shapes that you can calculate the area of, and then add the areas of all of those individual shapes to get the area of the entire odd shape.Example:_____|_____\There is no way to find the area of this figure, so you have to break it down into two, easy to find shapes.____|___|\You can see that there is a rectangle and a triangle. You can easily find the area of a rectangle with L X W, and a triangle with 1/2(b)(h). Since it is impossible to find the area of that irregular quadrilateral in one equation, you have to split it into two known shapes (the rectangle and triangle), find the area of each, and then add the areas together to get the area of the entire piece.
Is base times height the same as length times width?
Yes, both methods are ways to find the area of either a square, rectangle or even a parallelogram.
What are the steps to solving the area of a two dimensional shape?
If a regular 2D shape - a square or rectangle - times the length by the width to get the area.If the shape is irregular than drawing squares inside the shape will aid in finding the total area. There are other ways worth studying.The area of a right-angle triangle is half the size of a rectangle or square. The triangle's base x side will give the area of the rectangle or square. Dividing by 2 will halve the rectangle or square, so giving the area of the right-angle triangle.
How many ways can you draw a rectangle that has an area of 12cm?
You cannot draw a single rectangle which has an area of 12 cm because 12 cm is a measure of length, not area! There are an infinite number of rectangles with an area of 12 cm2. Let L be any length greater than or equal to sqrt(12) = 3.464 cm (approx) and let B = 12/L cm Then Area = L*B = 12 cm2 and each value of L gives a different rectangle.
What is area of the dimensions of 11 x 17?
There are many ways one might go about determining the area of the dimensions 11 x 17. The area of a rectangle is calculated by multiplying the width times the height, therefore, the area would be 187.
