Question

The mosaic tile design consists of one square and four parallelograms. Find the area of the design.

Answer 1

The area of the mosaic tile design is 60
`cm^2`.

The design consists of one square and four parallelograms. The area of the square is 4 cm * 4 cm = 9
`cm^2`.

The area of a parallelogram is base * height. The base of each parallelogram in the design is 9 cm and the height is 3 cm, so the area of each parallelogram is 9 cm * 3 cm = 27
`cm^2`.

Therefore, the total area of the design is:

16
`cm^2` + 27
`cm^2` + 27
`cm^2` + 27
`cm^2` + 27
`cm^2` = 60
`cm^2`.