How to find the area of a rectangle

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PSAT Math › How to find the area of a rectangle

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George wants to paint the walls in his room blue. The ceilings are 10 ft tall and a carpet 12 ft by 15 ft covers the floor. One gallon of paint covers 400 ft^{2} and costs $40. One quart of paint covers 100 ft^{2} and costs $15. How much money will he spend on the blue paint?

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Rectangle ABCD is shown in the figure above. Points A and B lie on the graph of y = 64 – _x_2 , and points C and D lie on the graph of y = _x_2 – 36. Segments AD and BC are both parallel to the y-axis. The x-coordinates of points A and B are equal to –k and k, respectively. If the value of k changes from 2 to 4, by how much will the area of rectangle ABCD increase?

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Rectangle

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Give the ratio of the perimeter of Rectangle to that of Rectangle .

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Rectangle

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What percent of Rectangle is pink?

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Rectangle

Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale

Refer to the above diagram.

40% of Rectangle is pink. .

Evaluate .

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Rectangle

Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale

What percent of Rectangle is white?

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Garden

Refer to the above figure, which shows a rectangular garden (in green) surrounded by a dirt path (in orange). The dirt path is seven feet wide throughout. Which of the following polynomials gives the area of the dirt path in square feet?

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Garden

Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale

Refer to the above figure, which shows a rectangular garden (in green) surrounded by a dirt path (in orange) eight feet wide throughout. What is the area of that dirt path?

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Two circles of a radius of each sit inside a square with a side length of . If the circles do not overlap, what is the area outside of the circles, but within the square?

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If the area Rectangle A is larger than Rectangle B and the sides of Rectangle A are and , what is the area of Rectangle B?

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