Question

Tara is putting an area rug in her kitchen . how much area is covered by the four white tiles

Answer 1

Since all the triangles that make up the figure are of the same size, we can first find the total area of the figure.

`A=\text{length}* width=24*10=240\text{ in2}`

and for each triangle

`A=(240)/(24)=10\text{ in2}`

therefore:

area of the four whit tiles is:

`A=10*4=40\text{ sq in }`

answer: 40 sq in