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GalleryDesignProject
GalleryArtworks

Thisisamodernistgallery,theworksofartreflectthattheme.Wewillignorea
fewrealworldproperties:the2-dworksofartarecompletelyflat,andsomeofthe
artworkswontfitthroughthedoors.Allmeasuresareinfeet.Rounddecimalstotwo
places.Thepolygonsareallregular,youmayassumerightangleswheretheartworks
appeartohavethem,ifnotobvious,Ihaveplacedafewrightangleindicatorsasneeded,
andifitlookssymmetricalitis.Youwillshowyourcalculationworkforeachartwork,and
foreachartwork,somereasonshowyoufoundyoursolutions.
Useothersheetsofnotebook,orgraphpapertoanswerthequestions.Organize
yourinformation,doyourcalculations,onscratchpaper,thenanswerthequestions.Submit
yourscratchpapersheetswiththeanswers.Afterthisyourereadytoplacetheworkin
thegallery.
Lookfortheproblemsyoucansolveeasilythenworktothemoredifficultpieces.
Remember,totalktoeachotherrespectfully,someonemaycomeupwithaprocessforthe
solutionthatyoudidntthinkabout.

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 Artwork#1

2a = 63 ft.
b = 3 ft.

Findtheoutsideperimeter=
thetotalarea=
Fortheartworkasorientatedfind:
theverticalheight=
thetotalhorizontallength=
Hint:Theregularhexagonbetweenthetwosquareslooksliketwo_______,
answerthatandyoucanfinditsarea.

Artwork#2
a = 2 ft.
b=d=f
f
2
= a
e = b + d + f a
c =?
V olume of prismabc =?
V olume of prismdef =?
ifthevolumeofthetoprighttriangleprismabcis
halfthatofthegreenbaserighttriangleprismdef.
Whatisthetotalheightofthestackedprisms?
Whatisthefloorareaoftheartwork?

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 Artwork#3
Thiscompoundshape,thatis
artwork,hasanumberofsimilarities,
oneisthebasesofthetwosquares,
andtherectangleareequal.Ifthe
areaoftheartworkis156ft.2
1. Finda,whichisthetotal
(vertical)heightoftheartwork.
2. Whatisthetotal(horizontal)
widthoftheartwork?
3. Whatistheoutsideperimeter
oftheartwork?

Artwork#4
a = 52 ft.
b = b
c =?
d = e
e = 5 ft.


Thisartworkcomposedofacross,rectangle,andisoscelesrighttriangle,hasa
totalhorizontallengthof23ft.andatotalverticalheightof7ft.
1. Whatistheoutsideperimeteroftheartwork?
2. Whatisthetotalareaoftheartwork?

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 Artwork#5
h = 14 ft.

Thistwopieceartworkconsistsofcongruent
isoscelestrianglesandmustbedisplayedasshown.
Thereddottedlineindicateshowthetipsofthe
basesshouldlineupparalleltoh.Ifthetotalarea
ofbothtrianglesis168ft.2Answerthesequestions.
1. Whatisthetotalhorizontalwidthofthe
artwork?
2. Whatistheareaofeachtriangle?
3. Todisplaytheartinthismanner,howfaris
thetipofonetriangletothebaseoftheother?
(hint:lookatthereddottedline,distancefromh?)
4. Onemorequestion,whatistheperimeter
aroundeachtriangle?(usethis
( a2 ) 2 + h 2 = (hypotenuse) 2 )

Artwork#6
Thisartworkconsistsofthree
congruentequilateraltriangles,
displayedinasimilarmannertoArtwork
#4.Thetipsofthebaseslineupas
shownbythereddottedlineswhichare
paralleltoh.Ifyoulookcarefully
youllnoticetheshapeofanisosceles
trapezoid.

Andifyounoticethedistancebetweentipofonetriangletothebaseofthe
middletriangleshownby b = a2 .Letstrythis, h = 33 ft.andthetotalareaof
theisoscelestrapezoidplusthenegativespacesbetweenthethetrianglesis
h = 33 ft.2canyoufind:
1. Thesidesofthetriangle? a =?
2. Theareaofeachtriangle?
3. Thetotalhorizontalwidthoftheartworkasshown?
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 (hint:thenegativespacebetweentwotrianglesforma_______whichhasan
areaequaltoonetriangle,thetotalareaofthe___shapes= 453 ft.2,youcan
doyourcalculationsbeforeconvertingthesquareroottoadecimal.)

Artwork#7.
a =?
b + d + b = 6 ft.
e = 32 ft.
h = 12 ft.

Artwork#7,hasanisoscelesrighttriangleat
thepointofthearrow.Since, e = 32 ft.,then,
e 2 + e 2 = hypnoteuse 2 36 = 36 = 6 ft.
his12ft.fromthetipofthearrowtod.
Theisoscelestriangleatthepointofthearrowhasanareaof9ft.2,nowyoucan
finda.
1. Whatisthetotalareaoftheartwork?
2. Whatisthetotalperimeter?(Youmayleavetheanswerinsquareroot
form).

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 Artwork#8

Thisrectangularprismhasasquarecrosssection.
h = 3a
v olume = 375 ft.3
answerthefollowing.
1. Whatissidea?
2. Whatisthefloorarea?
3. WhatisthetotalheightofArtwork#8.

(Hint:youwillneedtofindacuberoot,youhavethison
yourcalculator,as 3 x key,inputthenumberforx,some
have xn keyor^symbolkey,forthosecalculatorsyou
inputthenumberfirstandthentheexponentits()for
thecuberoot)

example,ifthiswereacubewithsidea=3ft.then,tofind
thevolumeis 3 3 3 = 27 ft.3,ifyouhadthevolume27ft.3thenais,
a = 27 = 3 ft.
3

Youknowforthisproblemtheprisms v olume = a a h ,andyouknowh=3a,so
usingsomealgebramagicyoucanfinda.

Artwork#9
Thispentagonalprismhasacrosssectionofaregular
pentagon.Thefloorarea=36ft.2,h=12ft.,findthe
volumeoftheartwork.Side a 4.574 ft.

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 Artwork#10Artwork#11










LetslookatArtwork#10&#11
a=?
b=b=6ft.
c=c=10ft.
h=h=4ft.
Thatssaying,exceptfora,forthetwoartworksthebs,csandhsareequal.
Youknowthetrapezoidalprismsvolumeis1.5timesor,3/2,thatofthe
triangularprismsvolume=120ft.3Withthatinformationyoucanfinda.
1. Whatisthevolumeofthetrapezoidalprism?
2. Whatarethefloorareasofthetwoprisms?
3. Whatisthelengthofa?

Examplesolution:
Theartworkhasavolumeof27ft.3Answerthesequestions.
1. Whatisa?
2. Whatisthefloorarea?
3. Whatisthetotalheight?
4. Whatisthetotalhorizontalwidth?

a=3ft.becausethecubesvolumeis a a a = a 3 ,andwefoundthat a = 27 = 3
3

ft.Theartworksfloorareais3x3=9ft.2thesidethatsitsonthefloor.The
totalheightisthesameasthehorizontalwidth,whichis3ft.

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GalleryDesignProject
Rubric

Category 5 4 3 1

Format/ Well Generallygood Clutteredor Disorganized

Organization organized organization. inconsistent andcluttered.
informationon Missingminor organization, Littletonone
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Descriptions/ Descriptions Descriptions Inconsistent Descriptions
Vocabulary andvocabulary andvocabulary useofproper and/orproper
usedcorrectly aregenerally termsand vocabularyis
throughout. correct. vocabulary.De missing
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thespace.

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