How to find total area of figure?

**benjixbunn** · May 3rd 2010, 09:26 PM

what are the steps in solving this?
the formula?

**Debsta** · May 3rd 2010, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by benjixbunn

what are the steps in solving this?
the formula?

You should know the formula for the area of a circle and a rectangle. You don't need another formula for this compound shape. Break it upinto a rectangle (you have the length amd breadth) and two semicircles (or one circle)- you can easily work out the radius.

**lanierms** · May 4th 2010, 03:54 PM

First you have to break it into one rectangle in the middle and two semicircles on each side.

The area of the rectangle is

$6in\times10in=60in^2$

The area of each semicircle is

$\frac{3^2\pi}{2}in^2=\frac{9\pi}{2}in^2$
Since there are two semicircles,

$\frac{9\pi}{2}in^2\times2=9\pi in^2$

Pi's approximate value is 3.14, so

$60in^2+9\pi in^2 \\ =60in^2+9(3.14)in^2\\<br /> =60in^2+28.26in^2\\=88.26in^2\\ \approx 88.3in^2$

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