SOLUTION: A square that is 7 mi on a side is placed inside a rectangle that has a width of 10 mi and a length of 18 mi what is the area of the region inside the rectangle that surrounds the

Question 1013974: A square that is 7 mi on a side is placed inside a rectangle that has a width of 10 mi and a length of 18 mi what is the area of the region inside the rectangle that surrounds the square???
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Basically, the square may be placed anywhere in the rectangle, except touching the edge exactly.
The area of the rectangle is 180 sq mi
The area of the square is 49 sq mi
The area of the rectangle around the square is the difference, or 131 sq mi.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A square that is 6 m on a side is placed inside a rectangle that has a width of 12 m and... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

What is the area of a rectangle that measures 15 mi by 13 mi., in square... (answered by amarjeeth123)

The length of a rectangle is 7 mi. more than 3 times the width. If the perimeter of the... (answered by josgarithmetic)

A cross-country course is in the shape of a parallelogram with a base of length 8 mi and... (answered by ikleyn)

Alright, here is my problem. How do you develop a formula for perimeter for a raectangle... (answered by jmg,ankor@dixie-net.com)

Akim runs 1.75 miles on his first day of training for a road race. The next day, he... (answered by Boreal)

The solution to Question 625390 concerning the Palmyra Triangle given by reynard2007 is... (answered by stanbon)

A certain triangle has a perimeter of 3065 mi. The shortest side measures 71 mi less... (answered by ikleyn)

a square and rectangle have the same perimeter. the square has 1 side that is 8x units. (answered by josgarithmetic)