Area of Complex Figures - Finding Missing Lengths (video #4)

This will show you how to take find the missing values in a complex figure.
In a rectangle, you can group lines as either horizontal or vertical lines.
Starting with the horizontal values, you can add 7 + ? = 10 (10 is the longest horizontal line, so the two other horizontal lines will add up to this measurement)

Repeat the same process for vertical lines: 6 + ? = 8

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• base
• times
• height
• formula
• missing
• value

[patrickcorliss]

You explained it quite well, thanks. I haven't see the H and V trick for horizontal and vertical before so that was good. I haven't seen your other clips but you might be better off pointing out that the corners are right angles. Good work.