Question

A ladybug crawls around the outside of a rectangle that measures 20 cm by 15 cm. The ladybug stays exactly 1 cm from the rectangle at all times to form a larger figure.

Answer 1

374 cm^2

steps

ladybug is always 1 cm away from the edge of the rectangle creates a new figure that is 2 cm longer and 2 cm wider than the original rectangle

figure will have a length of 22 cm (20 cm + 2 cm) and a width of 17 cm (15 cm + 2 cm)

Area = length x width

Area = 22 cm x 17 cm

Area = 374 cm^2

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