PSLE In Figure 1, STUV is a rectangular piece of paper. After 6 identical triangles are cut out from the paper, the remaining paper is shown in Figure 2. The area of the remaining paper is 270 cm
2.
- What is the area of each triangle that was cut out?
- The perimeter of Figure 2 is 42 cm longer than the perimeter of Figure 1. What is the perimeter of each triangle?
(a)
Area of Rectangle STUV
= 25 x 15
= 375 cm
2 Area of the 6 triangles
= 375 - 270
= 105 cm
2 Area of each triangle that was cut out
= 105 ÷ 6
= 17.5 cm
2 (b)
Perimeter of Rectangle STUV
= 2(25 + 15)
= 2 x 40
= 80 cm
Perimeter of Figure 2
= 80 + 42
= 122 cm
Sum of the lengths of all the jagged edges
= 122 - (2 x 25)
= 122 - 50
= 72 cm
Sum of the lengths of the jagged edges of 1 triangle
= 72 ÷ 6
= 12 cm
Base of each triangle
= 15 ÷ 3
= 5 cm
Perimeter of each triangle
= 12 + 5
= 17 cm
Answer(s): (a) 17.5 cm
2; (b) 17 cm