Each blade on a windmill is in the shape of a triangle with a base of 7 feet and a height of 4 ft if there are four blades on the windmill what is the total area of the blades
Total area of blades= Sum of areas of all blades
=Sum of areas of four blades
As, all blades have same dimension
SO, Total area of blades=4*Area of one blade
As, shape of blade is triangle, Area of triangle=[tex] \frac{1}{2} [/tex]*base*height
Total Area of blades =4* [tex] \frac{1}{2} [/tex] * base * height
Total Area of blades =4* [tex] \frac{1}{2} [/tex] * 7 * 4
Total Area of blades =4* [tex] \frac{1}{2} [/tex] * 28
Total Area of blades =4* 14
Total Area of blades =56 square feet
