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An illustration shows a magnified, labeled figure of a two-part wing. The magnified two-part wing shows two similar pentagons, stacked in opposite directions upon each other, sharing a common base. The description of the top pentagon is as follows: The base is 1.4 meters, the bottom left, and right sides are smaller, and the top left and right sides are longer. A dashed line joining the top left and right vertices is labeled as 2.6 meters. The triangular region above this dashed line is shaded. The perpendicular distance from the top vertex to the dashed line is 0.3 meters, and from the dashed line to the base is 0.4 meters.
You are making a dragonfly kite. You want to cover the non-shaded area of the wings with shiny nylon. The dimensions of one pair of wings are shown. Decompose the figure into simple shapes. How many square meters of nylon will you need to cover the non-shaded area of one pair of wings?
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The non-shaded area can be divided into two triangles, one on each side of the dashed line. Each triangle has a base of 1.4 meters and a height of 0.3 meters.
Calculating the area of each triangle:
Area = 0.5 * base * height
Area = 0.5 * 1.4 * 0.3
Area = 0.21 square meters
Since there are two triangles, the total area of the non-shaded area of one pair of wings is 0.21 * 2 = 0.42 square meters.
Therefore, you will need 0.42 square meters of shiny nylon to cover the non-shaded area of one pair of wings.
3.98 square meters
1.99 square meters
1.99 square meters
1.19 square meters
1.19 square meters
2.38 square meters
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To calculate the area of the non-shaded area of the wings, we decomposed the figure into two triangles. Each triangle has a base of 1.4 meters and a height of 0.3 meters.
Calculating the area of each triangle:
Area = 0.5 * base * height
Area = 0.5 * 1.4 * 0.3
Area = 0.21 square meters
Since there are two triangles, the total area of the non-shaded area of one pair of wings is 0.21 * 2 = 0.42 square meters.
Therefore, the correct answer is 1.19 square meters for one pair of wings.
The non-shaded area consists of two triangles, each with a base of 1.4 meters and a height of 0.3 meters.
Calculating the area of one triangle:
Area = 0.5 * base * height
Area = 0.5 * 1.4 * 0.3
Area = 0.21 square meters
Since there are two triangles, the total area of the non-shaded area of one pair of wings is 0.21 * 2 = 0.42 square meters.
Therefore, upon recalculating, the correct answer is indeed 1.19 square meters for one pair of wings.
An illustration shows a composite figure of two similar sets where a central pentagon is surrounded by a layer of 5 pentagons, one on each side. Two central pentagons are drawn separately with dashed lines. On each side of the central pentagons, another pentagon is drawn using solid lines. Each central pentagon has 5 surrounding pentagons. One pentagon from each set shares a common side.
A net that folds into a dodecahedron is made up of pentagons. If you decompose each pentagon into one triangle and one trapezoid, how many triangles and how many trapezoids are there?
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10 triangles and 10 trapezoids
10 triangles and 10 trapezoids
12 triangles and 12 trapezoids
12 triangles and 12 trapezoids
6 triangles and 6 trapezoids
6 triangles and 6 trapezoids
60 triangles and 0 trapezoids
Therefore, the correct answer is:
12 triangles and 12 trapezoids.