SOLUTION: ok..this is a hard one. It looks like the top of a roof that goes into a point and comes down on both sides, but not even. there is a line separating the small triangle. Find t

Question 118002: ok..this is a hard one. It looks like the top of a roof that goes into a point and comes down on both sides, but not even. there is a line separating the small triangle.
Find the area of the figure
inside the long part is 5ft down
and the bottom is 8 ft across
possible answers are
a) 40ft 2 pie
b) 20ft 2 pie
c) 52ft 2 pie
d) 26 ft 2 pie
i wish i could draw this...sigh. Thank you to anyone that can understand help me with this one.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your figure is a .
inside the long part ( is
and the bottom is ��..that means a of base, which is a circle, is
so, the area of this cone will be:

�where is the

�...now calculate , to do it use Pythagorean Theorem

�we can round it to nearest whole number
��.now, substitute it into

�
�
��so, your answer is

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