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12-4 Problem-Solving Strategy: Make a Model or a Drawing (Pages 629631)

You can often use a drawing or a model to help you solve a problem.

EXAMPLE
When she is not home, Monique leaves her dog s 10 foot leash connected to a 20 foot wire that is staked to the ground at the two corners of the back of the house. The leash can slide along the full length of the wire. How much playing area does her dog have?
Without a drawing, it is difficult to visualize the shape of the dogs play area, much less find the area of it. With the drawing, you can see that the leash and wire form a play area that is a rectangle with two semi-circles on each end. area of rectangle: A w A (20)(10) or 200 ft2 area of each semi-circle:
1 A r 2 2 1 A (10)2 or about 157 ft 2 2

wire 10 ft 20 ft House leash

Total area 200 2(157) or about 514 ft2

PRACTICE
Solve. Use any strategy. 1. Pets Laverne attaches her dog s leash to a corner of the garage while she works in the garden. If the garage is 15 feet by 20 feet and the rope is 25 feet long, how much playing area does her dog have? 2. Interior Design To make cleanup easier, Erin installs 6-inch tiles in front of her fireplace. How many tiles does she use?
Fireplace

5 ft 2 ft 9 ft

3. Crafts Peter designs a 4-inch by 6-inch card for Mother s Day. He 3 1 wants a -inch yellow outer border and a -inch white inner border. 4 8 How much area is left for his image on the card? 4. Find the sum of the first 50 odd positive integers. 5. Pets Sidsel sets up a 10 foot-circular track with walls to race her mice, Pinky and Twinkle. Pinky starts out at a rate of 8 feet per minute. One minute late, Twinkle starts at the same place and direction at 9 feet per minute. In which lap will Twinkle pass Pinky?
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
A A A B C C B B B C

6. Standardized Test Practice The perimeter of a rectangle is 20 inches. Its area is 24 square inches. What are the dimensions of the rectangle? A 1 in. 24 in. B 2 in. 12 in. C 3 in. 8 in. D 4 in. 6 in.
Answers: 1. about 1,571 ft2 2. 56 tiles 3. 9 9\16 in2 4. 2500 5. A little after completing the 7th lap 6. D

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