An artist wants to cover in gold leaf a card with the initial letter shown Decompose the letter into simple shapes to find the area. How many square c
letter:H 0.5 x 0.8, 6 x 0.8, 2.1 x ?
To decompose the letter H into simple shapes, we see that it consists of two rectangles.
The first rectangle has dimensions 0.5 x 0.8. The area of this rectangle is:
0.5 * 0.8 = 0.4 square units
The second rectangle has dimensions 6 x 0.8. The area of this rectangle is:
6 * 0.8 = 4.8 square units
To find the area of the entire letter H, we add the areas of the two rectangles:
0.4 + 4.8 = 5.2 square units
Therefore, the area of the letter H is 5.2 square units.
what about the 2.1?
Apologies for overlooking the 2.1 dimension in the letter H.
The fourth side of the letter H is a rectangle with dimensions 2.1 x ? (unknown). Since we don't have the value of the missing dimension, we can't calculate the area of this rectangle.
We can still determine the total area of the letter H by adding the areas of the two rectangles we already calculated:
0.4 + 4.8 = 5.2 square units
So, the total area of the letter H (excluding the fourth side) is 5.2 square units.