9) A regulation bowling lane is 60 ft long from the foul line to the head pin and 41 1 2 in. wide. Find the perimeter and area of this portion of the lane in units of inches. (United States Bowling Congress) 60 ft 41 in. 1 2 10) Higinio wants to make 20 in. eight cloth place mats for his dining table. Using the dimensions 12 in. for one place mat shown in the fi gure at right, what is the combined area of all eight place mats? 11) Suppose a rectangle has a perimeter of 20 ft. If the rectangle has a length of 8 ft, what is its width? 12) What is the sum of the measures of all the angles inside a rectangle? Objective 2: Find the Perimeter and Area of a Square 13) Suppose a square has a perimeter of 10 ft. What is its side length? 14) Answer true or false. If the area of a square is 16 m2, its side length is 8 m. Find the perimeter and area of the given square. 15) 12 cm 12 cm 16) 17 in. 17 in. 17) 3 m 5 3 m 5 3 m 5 3 m 5 18) 2 yd 1 4 2 yd 1 4 2 yd 1 4 2 yd 1 4 19) 1 m 3 8 1 m 3 8 20) yd 5 6 yd 5 6 21) A square has an area of 25 ft2. What is the length of each side of the square? 22) The perimeter of a square is 34 mm. How long is each side of the square? Mixed Exercises: Objectives 1 and 2 Solve each problem. 23) A regulation football fi eld is 120 yd long and 53 1 3 yd wide. Find the perimeter and the area of the fi eld. (www.nfl .com) 24) A standard sheet of paper measures 8 1 2 in. by 11 in. Find its perimeter and area. 25) The area of a baseball infi eld within the baselines is a square with a side length of 90 ft. Find the area within the baselines. How far must a baseball player travel when he hits a home run? (www.mlb.com) 90 feet 26) Mackenzie has 22 ft of decorative fencing to line her rectangular fl ower garden. If her garden must have a width of 4 ft, what will the length of her garden have to be to use all 22 ft of fencing? Objective 3: Find the Perimeter and Area of a Parallelogram 27) Make a drawing showing how to form a rectangle and a parallelogram using two identically-sized right triangles. 28) What is the formula for the area of a parallelogram? 304 CHAPTER 4 Basic Geometry Concepts and Algebra www.mhhe.com/messersmith
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