MATH 20312: SOLID MENSURATION

PROBLEM SET #1: MENSURATION OF PLANE FIGURES

Answer the following problems. Show your solutions.

1. Find the area of the shaded region as shown

2. Circles X and Y, with radii 6 and 2, are tangent

to each other ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵 is a common external tangent.
Find the area of the shaded region

3. A piece of stranded aluminum wire is shaped to enclose a rectangle whose area is

200 𝑖𝑛2 . It is then reshaped to enclose a square whose sides are 15 in. Find the sides of
the rectangle.

4. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two partially overlapping identical

circles. Each of the circles has a radius of 9 meters and each circle passes through the
center of the other. Find the area of the swimming pool.

5. A rectangle ABCD which measures 18 centimeters by 24 centimeters is folded once

̅̅̅̅ , so that the opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find the
perpendicular to diagonal 𝐴𝐶
length of the fold.
6. The diagram on the right is formed from 6 identical
closed-packed circles. If the height of the figure is 2
feet, find the measure of the radius of each circle.

7. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle is 5 meters more than its
base and the altitude of the other is 5 meters less than its base. Find the altitudes if the
areas if the triangle differs by 45 square meters.

8. A piece of solid copper wire of length 100cm is cut into two parts. Each part is then
bent to form a square. It is found that the total area of the two squares is 325 sq. cm. find
the following: a) the dimensions of the smaller and bigger square, b) the area of the
smaller and bigger square c) the perimeter of the smaller and bigger square.

9. Find the area of the figure shown below, if it is the difference between two isosceles
trapezoids whose corresponding sides are parallel.

20 m

3m 3m
10 m

20 m

10. A cross belt goes around the pulleys A and B having a radii of 20 ft and 10 ft,
respectively. The distance between the centers of the two pulleys is 40 ft. Determine the
total length of the belt.