Question

Question: A square with sides of length 5 is positioned inside a square with sides of length 7. What is the total area between the squares? ​

Answer 1

The total area between the squares is of 24 units squared.

Explanation:

Area of a square:

The area of a square of side length l is given by:

`A = l^2`

Area between figures:

The area between two figures is the area of the larger figure subtracted by the area of the smaller figure.

Larger square:

Square with side of length 7. So

`A_l = 7^2 = 49`

Smaller square:

Square with side of length 5. So

`A_s = 5^2 = 25`

What is the total area between the squares? ​

`T = A_l - A_s = 49 - 25 = 24`

The total area between the squares is of 24 units squared.