Find the area of the shaded region.

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Area of trapezium ABDE

Area of △CDE

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A metal prism A with square base is melted and recast into another metal rectangular
prism B.
x

12 x
2x
A
B
y

(a) Express y in terms of x.

(b) Find the total surface area of prism A in terms of x.
(c) Find the total surface area of prism B in terms of x.
(d) Does the total surface area of prism B as compared to that of prism A increase or
decrease?
(e) Find the percentage change in total surface area.
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(a) ∵ The volume of the two prisms are equal.
∴

(b) Total surface area of prism A

(c) Total surface area of prism B

(d) Decrease
(e)

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Find the area of the shaded region.

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Area of △ABH

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Area of △BCD
Area of △DEF

Area of △FGH

∴ Area of the shaded region

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Find the area of the shaded region.

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Area of trapezium ABCD

Area of trapezium ABFE

Area of trapezium EFCD

∴ Area of the shaded region

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Find the area of the figure.

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Construct the lines FH and DI which are perpendicular to BC.

Area of rectangle ABHG

Area of rectangle FHIE

Area of △CDI

∴ Area of the shaded region

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If the area of polygon ABCDE is 54 cm2 and the height of △BCD is twice that of
trapezium ABDE, find the value of x.
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Let x1 cm be the height of trapezium ABDE, then the height of △BCD is 2x1 cm.
Area of trapezium ABDE cm2

Area of the △BCD cm2

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In the figure, the area of the △ABE is equal to the area of rectangle BCDE. Find the
value of x.

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Construct a line AF  BE.

Area of △ABE
∵

∴
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In the figure, AE = 5 cm, BC = 18 cm and ABCD is a rectangle. If the area of △CDE

is 78 cm2, find the area of trapezium ABCE.

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In the figure, ABDE is a trapezium. Given that the area of △CDE is 35 cm2, CD = 7
cm, BD = 13 cm and AB // EC, find
(a) the value of h,
(b) the area of parallelogram ABCE.
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(a) ∵ Area of △CDE cm2

∴
∴
(b) Area of parallelogram ABCE

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(a) Find the area of quadrilateral BCFE.

(b) What is the percentage of the area of BCFE of that ABCD?

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(a) Area of rectangle ABCD

(b) Area of △ABE

cm2
 Area of trapezium EFGD

Area of △CGF

Area of quadrilateral BCFE

(c) Required percentage

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Given that the area of a trapezium is 22 cm 2 and its upper base is 1 cm shorter than 2
times of the length of its lower base. If the height of the trapezium is 4 cm, find the
length of the lower base.

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Let x cm be the length of the lower base of the trapezium. Then the length of the
upper base is (2x – 1) cm.

∴ The length of the lower base is 4 cm.

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Find the volume of the solid with a uniform cross-section.

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Area of the uniform cross-section

∴ Volume of the solid

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The figure shows the uniform cross-section of a prism.

(a) Find the perimeter of the cross-section of the prism.
(b) If the lateral surface area of the solid is 342 cm2, find its height.

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(a) ∵ EF + DC = AB = 4 cm and

∴ Perimeter of the cross-section of the prism

(b) Let h cm be the height of the prism.

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∴ The height of the prism

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The figure shows the cross-section of a steel bar.

(a) Find the cross-sectional area of the steel bar.
(b) If the length of the steel bar is 10 m, find the volume of the steel bar in m3.

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(a) Area of rectangle ABKL

Area of rectangle CDIJ

Area of rectangle EFGH

∴ Cross-sectional area of the steel bar

(b) Volume of the steel bar

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It is given that the cross-section of a prism is a square and the height of the prism is
7 cm. If the lateral surface area of the prism is 112 cm2, find
(a) the length of side of square,
(b) the volume of the prism.

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(a) ∵

∴
(b)

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The base area of prism B is twice that of prism A. The height of prism A is three times
that of prism B. Find the number of times of the volume of prism A as compared to
that of prism B.

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Let x be the base area of prism A and y be the height of prism B. Then the base area of
prism B is 2x and the height of prism A is 3y.
Volume of prism A

Volume of prism B

∴ Volume of prism A is 1.5 times that of prism B.

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The figure shows a tank of length 8 cm and width 5 cm. If 160 cm3 of water is poured
into the empty tank, of the tank is filled with water. Find the height of the tank

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Let h cm be the height of the tank.
The volume of tank =

= 240 cm3
∴

∴ The height of the tank is 6 cm.

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It is given that the cross-sectional area of a prism increases by 25% but its volume
remains unchanged. Find the percentage decrease in the height of the prism.

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Let A and h be the cross-sectional area and height of the original prism respectively.
Let h’ be the height of the new prism.
Then the cross-sectional area of the new prism

Percentage decrease in the height of the prism

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The figure shows a plant in a rectangular tank of length 5 cm and width 4 cm. If the
plant absorbs 0.5 cm3 of water in one hour, find the drop in water level in one day.
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Let h cm be the drop in water level in one day.
Volume of water absorbed by the plant in one day

Volume of water absorbed by the plant in one day

∴ The drop in water level in one day is 0.6 cm.

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It is given that a rectangular tank of length 12 cm and width 8 cm is filled with water
to a half full. 8 metal blocks are put into the tank. If the volume of each metal block is
12 cm3 and all of them are totally submerged, find the rise in water level.

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Let h cm be the rise in water level.
∵ Volume of water above the original water level
= total volume of 8 pieces of metal blocks
∴

∴ The rise in water level is 1 cm.

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The figure shows a swimming pool.

(a) Find the capacity of the swimming pool.
(b) If the depth of water at the shallow end is 0.8 m, find the volume of water in the
swimming pool.
(c) If the volume of water in the swimming pool is 3000 m 3, find the depth of water
along DA.

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(a) Area of trapezium ABCD

∴ Capacity of the swimming pool

(b) Volume of water in the swimming pool

(c) Let h m be the length along DA measured from D to the water level reached.
Volume of water in the swimming pool
= capacity of swimming pool − empty space

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The figure shows a water tank without cover. If the tank is made of plastic board of 2
cm thick, find the capacity of the tank (in m3).
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Area of rectangle ABCD

BF

∴ The capacity of the tank

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Find the volume of the prism.

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Join IF and LE as shown in the figure.
Area of rectangle KLEJ

Area of square IFGH

Area of rectangle ABCD

Cross-sectional area of the prism

Volume of the prism

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The figure shows a prism with a uniform cross-section.

(a) Find the volume of the prism in terms of x and h.
(b) If the volume of the prism is 84 cm3 and x = 2, find the value of h.

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(a) Volume of the prism
(b) ∵ Volume of the prism is 84 cm3 and x = 2
∴

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(a) If the solid has uniform cross-section and its volume is 216 cm 3, find the value of
x.
(b) John is going to paint the whole solid in red. If each mL of paint can cover an
area of 10 cm2, how many mL of paint does John need?

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(a) Base area of the solid

∵ Volume of solid = base area  height

∴

(b) Outer lateral surface area

= perimeter of square ABCD  height
= 9  4  x cm
= 36 x cm
Inner lateral surface area
= perimeter of square EFGH  height
= 3  4  x cm
= 12 x cm
 Total surface area

∴ Volume of paint needed

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The base of a rectangular box is a square. The height of the box is 16 cm. If the lateral
faces of the box are cut out and flattened, a square is formed. Find the volume of the
box.

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Let x cm be the length of the base of the box.
∵ Lateral face of the box is a square.
∴ Perimeter of the base of the box = height of the box

∵ Volume of the box

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