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What is the area of the smallest square?

A) 16 in2
B) 25 in2
C) 36 in2
D) 49 in2

What is the area of the smallest square? A) 16 in2 B) 25 in2 C) 36 in2 D) 49 in2-example-1
User Harshad
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the answer is b, 25 in2. For the are of the smallest square
User Jloosli
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Answer:

The answer is B) 25
in^(2)

Explanation:

As you can see there are two squares with dimensions

64
in^(2) and 10 in

The smallest square and the triangle have dimension not shown.

Meaning we have to figure out the dimension.

So, the formula for square area is..


A=a^(2)

The area for the 10 in * 10 in is 100 in.

If you divide 10 by 2 you get 5.

You divide by 2 because the square is half the size of the 10 in * 10 in square. So you do 10*1/2 or 10/2 to get 5

Now instead of "10 in * 10 in is 100 in," You do "5 in * 5 in = ??? in"

Since 5*5 = 25

It would be 25 inches squared (Choice B)

Hope this helps you!

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