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How Do You Find the Base of a Parallelogram if You Know the Area and Height?
There are three variables in the formula for a parallelogram. Two of the values are given in this problem. Find the third value. Identify what each of the variables means. Match up the given values to the variables. Then solve for the...
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How Do You Find the Area of a Parallelogram?
So you are trying to tell me that a parallelogram is a rectangle in disguise? Wow! And I can use a similar formula of the area of a rectangle to find the area of a parallelogram? Wow! Ok, show me how! A=bh. So simple really.
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How Do You Find the Area of a Composite Figure?
Trying to find the area of a rectangle, a triangle, a circle, or a parallelogram? There are specific formulas to use to calculate the area of these shapes. But the given shape is not any of these. It's a composite shape, which means it...
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How Do You Find the Area of a Circle if You Know the Diameter?
Do you know the formula to find the area of a circle? Do you know the value of pi? Do you know what the relationship is between diameter and radius? Yes? Then you can solve this problem. If your scholars don't know this formula then this...
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What is the Formula for the Area of a Circle?
Cut up a circle and make a parallelogram! What? No way! Yes way! Watch the instructor illustrate just how to cut up the circle and get that parallelogram to then get the formula for the area of a circle. It really works! Base,...
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How Do You Solve a Word Problem by Multiplying Binomials?
Find the area of several rectangles that have been given monomial values. When the rectangles are put together, the sides are added together to form a binominal value. Now use the formula for area to multiply the two binomials. Use the...
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How Do You Find the Area of a Rectangle Whose Sides are Binomials?
The teacher uses a diagram to set up her initial equation to reflect the changes being made to a garden plot. She has a good explanation of how she got her equation. Then she works through the steps to solve the equation.