Need help with my geometry

   / Need help with my geometry #1  

tallyho8

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It's been so long since I got out of school, I can't remember how to solve this problem.
I can't even remember if its geometry, trigonometry or whatever. Maybe its early Alzheimer's?
Please help me find out how many square feet this is.

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   / Need help with my geometry #2  
I usually Google it. There are lots of online calculators. I can't remember either.
 
   / Need help with my geometry #4  
Yep; I got 436 approx.
 
   / Need help with my geometry #5  
Looked it up. It a side (30') plus b side (10') divided by 2 times the height. We don't know height and there's not enough info to determine.
 
   / Need help with my geometry #6  
It's 520 sq. ft. The distance between the 2 parallel pieces is the sq. rt of 24x24 + 10x10 = 26 (Pythagorean theory). Then 26x10 (2 triangles) + 26x10 (rectangle).

Two rt angle triangles plus a rectangle in between.

Ralph
 
   / Need help with my geometry #7  
I used to know all that stuff (always got A's) but got into a profession where it never got used (I still did a lot of algebra though). Decades later I now do a lot of woodworking and wished I could revive the geometry/trig.
 
   / Need help with my geometry #8  
Maybe my numbers are wrong but I get 480 sq ft. I do simple math. 30 x 24 =720. 24 x 10 (the two right triangle together) = 240. 720 - 240 =480 AM I wrong????
 
   / Need help with my geometry #9  
Ralph, you are correct if the sides are parallel and the right triangles are equal. Well now that I think about it not sure that have to be equal.
 
   / Need help with my geometry #10  
It's been so long since I got out of school, I can't remember how to solve this problem. I can't even remember if its geometry, trigonometry or whatever. Maybe its early Alzheimer's? Please help me find out how many square feet this is. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=465525"/>
your answer is 420square feet.
 

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