Question

At the school carnival, the sixth graders are making directional arrows, as shown below.

A polygon is shown. The polygon is shaped like an arrow. The total height of the arrow head and the arrow tail is 10 inches. The base of the arrow tail is 4 inches. The width of the arrow is 6 inches and the height of the tail of the arrow is 8 inches.

Each arrow is to be painted red. How much area needs to be painted for 1 arrow?

38 square inches
44 square inches
56 square inches
60 square inches

Answer 1

56 square inches i believe you might want to make sure though

Answer 2

ok

Answer 3

good luck

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

@math&ing001

Answer 7

Is there a picture of the said polygon ?

Answer 8

yes hold on

Answer 9

We divide it into two known shapes, we find their area, then we add tem up.
Can you find the area of two shapes ?

Answer 10

yes, waut what would we be dividing

Answer 11

The arrow, we divide it into two shapes. Check the attachement.

Answer 12

so 10 8 6 and 4?

Answer 13

What are those ?
We need to find the area of the rectangle and the triangle.

Answer 14

omg im sorry im alibabys lil sis im trying to do my work this is hard my 5th grade teacher giveing me this

Answer 15

It's OK, we'll figure it out.
Do you know how to find the area of a rectangle ?

Answer 16

no i dont know anything i have 19 questions to do :( im going to gget a F

Answer 17

Ok well before you can do exercices, you need to understand the lesson first.
I'll try to show you basic formulas for calculating areas, so please bear with me, ok ?

Answer 18

ok

Answer 19

I'll start with the square. A square has 4 equal sides. Area of a square is a*a.