Archive for the ‘Areas’ Category
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
One key topic in geometry is the calculation of surface area for a certain shape.
Why the need for this knowledge? Where is this parameter of Surface Area applied?
Look at the pictures on the right.
Do you see them often? I believe so!
Here, any maker of these items has to know the surface area ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Geometry involves many interesting analysis. One of the key items is the computation of Surface Area. Another is the Volume of various 3-dimensional shapes.
What is the main difference between these 2 parameters of geometrical study?
Surface Area: The study of total areas on the outer surface. It is what user can ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Knowing the concept of area helps solve many applications.
There are occasion where we need to cover a large area using numerous small pieces of similarly sized item.
Example: Numerous small pieces of mat used to cover the floor of a room. "How many of this small pieces of mat is required?" This is a ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
When we look at shapes, sometimes we wonder are they of the same size or area? With basic geometric understanding, we will be in a better position to deduce the answer just by comparing the shapes in question.
Look at the pairs of shapes below (Diagram A to E), and tell ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
This post represents the solution to the question about finding the flipped up area of a circle. Click here to review the question.
Before I proceed on with the solution, you need to know how to find the area of a sector (of a circle).
Area of a Sector of a circle:
Formula ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Shapes are aplenty in this planet. We are sometimes asked to find their parameters using concept of geometry. Geometry deals with angles, areas and perimeters.
A bit of creativity is good, if you want less steps in solving or getting the odd-shaped area.
Do not despair though, since any method will be fine as long as ...
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