Solved on Aug 22, 2023

Determine the area of the remaining part of a 20ft×15ft20 \, \text{ft} \times 15 \, \text{ft} flag after a 10ft×14ft10 \, \text{ft} \times 14 \, \text{ft} triangle is cut from the center.

STEP 1

Assumptions1. The flag is a rectangle with length 20ft20 \, \text{ft} and width 15ft15 \, \text{ft}. . A triangle is cut out from the center of the flag.
3. The triangle has a base of 10ft10 \, \text{ft} and a height of 14ft14 \, \text{ft}.
4. The area of the remaining part of the flag is the area of the flag minus the area of the triangle.

STEP 2

First, we need to find the area of the flag. The area of a rectangle is given by the formulaArearectangle=lengthtimeswidthArea_{rectangle} = length \\times width

STEP 3

Now, plug in the given values for the length and width of the flag to calculate the area of the flag.
Areaflag=20fttimes15ftArea_{flag} =20 \, \text{ft} \\times15 \, \text{ft}

STEP 4

Calculate the area of the flag.
Areaflag=20fttimes15ft=300ft2Area_{flag} =20 \, \text{ft} \\times15 \, \text{ft} =300 \, \text{ft}^2

STEP 5

Next, we need to find the area of the triangle. The area of a triangle is given by the formulaAreatriangle=12timesbasetimesheightArea_{triangle} = \frac{1}{2} \\times base \\times height

STEP 6

Now, plug in the given values for the base and height of the triangle to calculate the area of the triangle.
Areatriangle=12times10fttimes14ftArea_{triangle} = \frac{1}{2} \\times10 \, \text{ft} \\times14 \, \text{ft}

STEP 7

Calculate the area of the triangle.
Areatriangle=12times10fttimes14ft=70ft2Area_{triangle} = \frac{1}{2} \\times10 \, \text{ft} \\times14 \, \text{ft} =70 \, \text{ft}^2

STEP 8

Now that we have the areas of the flag and the triangle, we can find the area of the remaining part of the flag by subtracting the area of the triangle from the area of the flag.
Arearemaining=AreaflagAreatriangleArea_{remaining} = Area_{flag} - Area_{triangle}

STEP 9

Plug in the values for the area of the flag and the area of the triangle to calculate the area of the remaining part of the flag.
Arearemaining=300ft270ft2Area_{remaining} =300 \, \text{ft}^2 -70 \, \text{ft}^2

STEP 10

Calculate the area of the remaining part of the flag.
Arearemaining=300ft270ft2=230ft2Area_{remaining} =300 \, \text{ft}^2 -70 \, \text{ft}^2 =230 \, \text{ft}^2The area of the remaining part of the flag is 230ft2230 \, \text{ft}^2.

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