SOLUTION: I have a composite shape that forms two squares, the length and the width for both squares is 6 ft. So the area for both squares is 36 ft square. Then I have two rectangles one wi
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Question 1002040: I have a composite shape that forms two squares, the length and the width for both squares is 6 ft. So the area for both squares is 36 ft square. Then I have two rectangles one with a length of 6 feet and a width of 15 all the way down one side. The second rectangle has a length of 9 feet and a width of 12 feet. I thought in order to find the area of a composite figure I add up all the areas. But the book is somehow getting 18 ft as one of the side lengths thus leading to a different answer. How or why is this happening? is it a typing error? Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! See the picture. This is what you are telling us. What other information do you have? Because from the information you provided the lengths are 6, 12, 15. There is no room for another side length (see picture). What other information do you have that we don't have?
THanks,
J .
