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Engineering Mathematics

John Bird BSc

Chapter 18

Areas of plane figures - all with Video Answers

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Section 67

Exercises 67

01:11

Problem 1

A rectangular plate is 85 mm long and 42 mm wide. Find its area in square centimetres.

$$
\left[35.7 \mathrm{~cm}^2\right]
$$

Julie Silva
Julie Silva
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01:59

Problem 2

A rectangular field has an area of 1.2 hectares and a length of 150 m . Find (a) its width and (b) the length of a diagonal ( 1 hectare $=10000 \mathrm{~m}^2$ ).
[(a) 80 m
(b) 170 m$]$

Katelyn Chen
Katelyn Chen
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01:48

Problem 3

Determine the area of each of the angle iron sections shown in Fig. 18.11.
[(a) $29 \mathrm{~cm}^2$
(b) $650 \mathrm{~mm}^2$ I

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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03:11

Problem 4

A rectangular garden measures 40 m by 15 m . A 1 m flower border is made round the two shorter sides and one long side. A circular swimming pool of diameter 8 m is constructed in the middle of the garden. Find, correct to the nearest square metre, the area remaining.
[ $482 \mathrm{~m}^2$ ]

Gregory Higby
Gregory Higby
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Problem 5

The area of a trapezium is $13.5 \mathrm{~cm}^2$ and the perpendicular distance between its parallel sides is 3 cm . If the length of one of the parallel sides is 5.6 cm , find the length of the other parallel side.
[ 3.4 cm ]

Alison Rodriguez
Alison Rodriguez
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04:19

Problem 6

Find the angles $p, q, r, s$ and $t$ in Fig. 18.12(a) to (c).

$$
\left[\begin{array}{r}
p=105^{\circ}, q=35^{\circ}, r=142^{\circ} \\
s=95^{\circ}, t=146^{\circ}
\end{array}\right]
$$

Suman Saurav Thakur
Suman Saurav Thakur
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Problem 7

Name the types of quadrilateral shown in Fig. 18.13(i) to (iv), and determine (a) the area, and (b) the perimeter of each.
$\left[\begin{array}{l}\text { (i) rhombus (a) } 14 \mathrm{~cm}^2 \text { (b) } 16 \mathrm{~cm} \\ \text { (ii) parallelogram (a) } 180 \mathrm{~cm}^2 \text { (b) } 80 \mathrm{~mm} \\ \text { (iii) rectangle (a) } 3600 \mathrm{~mm}^2 \text { (b) } 300 \mathrm{~mm} \\ \text { (iv) trapezium (a) } 190 \mathrm{~cm}^2 \text { (b) } 62.91 \mathrm{~cm}\end{array}\right]$

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Problem 8

Calculate the area of the steel plate shown in Fig. 18.14

$$
\left[6750 \mathrm{~mm}^2\right]
$$

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