September 3, 2009
No CommentsFinding the Area of Basic Shapes
Description
This video provides equation and picture examples for how to find the area of the basic shapes rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms. Step-by-step instructions and easy to understand explanations are provided for each problem.
Overview
Solving for the area is very simple – values for lengths and other variables needed for finding the area should be provided, and in other cases the answer will be given but another variable will be left blank. Each shape has a different formula for area. They are as follows:
Square/Rectangle: Area = length * width
Triangle: Area = (1/2) * base * height
Parallelogram: Area = base * height
Once you have both the formula and the values, just plug them into the appropriate place and solve.
