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Add Shapes

CONCEPTS

Tips

• Look for features of each shape

• Circles - look for the radius or diameter

• Rectangles and squares - look for the sides

• Triangle - create right triangles out of mixed shapes


Then use the area and perimeter / circumference formulas for each individual shape to answer the questions.


Add 2 trapezoids and 1 rectangle











Add 1 rectangle and 1 right triangle





PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Question 1 There are 3 circles with centers A, B, C. They are all tangent to one another. The lengths of lines AB, BC, and AC are 13, 15, and 26, respectively. What is the value of a + b + c? (see figure below)














-- Answer -- 27

a + b + c = (AB + BC + AC) / 2 = (13 + 15 + 26) / 2 = 27

ACT PRACTICE PROBLEMS

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