Practice Problems

Work through the odd-numbered problems 1-15. Once you have completed the problem set, check your answers.

Practice Problems

Answers

1. (a) (10)(12) + (8)(4) = 152  (b)(10)(20) – (3)(8) = 176

3. \mathrm{bh}+\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{~b}(\mathrm{H}-\mathrm{h})=\mathrm{bh}+\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{bH}-\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{bh}=\mathrm{b}\left(\frac{\mathrm{h}+\mathrm{H}}{2}\right)

5. (a) (1)(3) + (1)(2) = 5  (b) {area of shaded region in Fig. 24b} < 5

7. \mathrm{A}(1)=1, \mathrm{~A}(2)=2.5, \mathrm{~A}(3)=4.5, \mathrm{~A}(4)=6, \mathrm{~A}(5)=7

9. \mathrm{C}(1)=1.5, \mathrm{C}(2)=4, \mathrm{C}(3)=7.5 and \mathrm{C}(\mathrm{x})=\text { rect. }+\text { triangle areas }=\mathrm{x}+\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{x}^{*} \mathrm{x}=\mathrm{x}+\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{x}^{2}

11. Distance = "area" =  (20)(30)+\frac{1}{2}(10)(30)=600+150=750 \text { feet. }

13. (a) A: 20 seconds to stop. B: 40 seconds to stop.
      (b) A:  \text { A: } \frac{1}{2}(20)(80) feet to stop B: \frac{1}{2}(40)(40)=800 feet to stop

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