find the perimeter and area of each figure below. homework help
a. image of a grid - shaped figure made of squares
b. image of a parallelogram with top side labeled 7 ft, side labeled 5 ft, height labeled 4 ft
c. image of a rectangle with height labeled 15 cm, width labeled 8 cm

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### Part a:
# Explanation:
## Step1: Count the number of unit squares (assuming each square has side length 1 unit)
Looking at the figure, we can count the number of squares. Let's list them:
- Top row: 1 square
- Middle row (horizontal): 4 squares, but one is overlapping with the vertical middle? Wait, no, let's count properly. Let's see the cross - like figure. Let's count the squares:
  - Vertical column (from top to bottom): 3 squares (top, middle, bottom)
  - Horizontal row (left - right) through the middle: 3 squares (left, middle, right)
  - But the middle square is counted twice. Wait, actually, let's count each square:
    - Top: 1
    - Middle horizontal (left to right): 4 (but the middle one is connected to the vertical)
    - Bottom vertical: 1
    - Left horizontal (top to bottom): 1 (the left - most square)
    - Right horizontal (top to bottom): 1 (the right - most square in the middle row)? Wait, maybe a better way: Let's count the total number of squares. By looking at the figure, we can see that there are 8 squares? Wait, no, let's count again. Let's label the positions:
    - Row 1 (top): 1 square (let's say at (2,3) if we consider a grid)
    - Row 2: 4 squares (at (1,2), (2,2), (3,2), (4,2))
    - Row 3: 3 squares (at (1,1), (2,1), (3,1))
    - Row 4: 1 square (at (2,0))
    Wait, no, maybe I'm overcomplicating. Let's use the formula for the perimeter of a shape made of unit squares. For a shape made of unit squares, the perimeter can be calculated by counting the number of outer sides.
    Let's assume each square has side length $ s = 1$ unit.
    To find the perimeter:
    - Let's look at the horizontal and vertical sides.
    - The top - most square: contributes 3 sides (since the bottom side is attached to another square)
    - The bottom - most square: contributes 3 sides (since the top side is attached to another square)
    - The left - most square: contributes 3 sides (since the right side is attached to another square)
    - The right - most square (in the middle horizontal row): contributes 3 sides (since the left side is attached to another square)
    - The middle squares: Let's count the total number of outer edges.
    Alternatively, we can use the "bounding box" method. The minimum and maximum x and y coordinates.
    Let's consider the horizontal extent: from $ x = 1$ to $ x = 4$ (so length 4 - 1+1 = 4 units)
    Vertical extent: from $ y = 0$ to $ y = 3$ (so length 3 - 0 + 1=4 units)
    But the shape is a cross. The formula for the perimeter of a cross - like shape made of unit squares:
    Let the number of squares in the horizontal arm be $ h$ and vertical arm be $ v$. Here, horizontal arm (middle row) has 4 squares, vertical arm (middle column) has 4 squares (top, middle, bottom, and the one below? Wait, no, the figure has 8 squares? Wait, let's count the number of squares:
    - Top: 1
    - Middle horizontal: 4 (so total 1 + 4=5)
    - Middle vertical (excluding the middle square of horizontal): 3 (bottom, middle - left, middle - right? No, I think I made a mistake. Let's count the squares:
      - First column (left - most): 1 square (row 3)
      - Second column: 4 squares (rows 1,2,3,4)
      - Third column: 2 squares (rows 2,3)
      - Fourth column: 1 square (row 2)
      Wait, this is getting too complicated. Let's use the method of counting the number of outer sides. Each square has 4 sides. For $ n$ squares, the total number of sides is $ 4n$, but we subtract 2 for each adjacent pair (since two adjacent squares share a side).
    Let's count the number of squares: Let's look at the figure again. The figure has 8 squares? Wait, no, let's count:
    - Top: 1
    - Middle row (horizontal): 4 (so 1 + 4 = 5)
    - Bottom row (vertical): 1 (below the middle square of the middle row)
    - Left row (vertical): 1 (left of the middle square of the middle row)
    - Right row (vertical): 1 (right of the middle square of the middle row)
    Wait, 1+4 + 1+1+1=8? No, 1 (top)+4 (middle horizontal)+1 (bottom)+1 (left)+1 (right)=8? Wait, no, the middle square of the middle horizontal row is shared with the middle vertical row. So total number of squares: 8?
    Now, number of shared sides: Let's see the adjacencies.
    - Top square is adjacent to the middle square (1 shared side)
    - Middle horizontal row: the 4 squares, adjacent to each other: 3 shared sides (between square 1 - 2, 2 - 3, 3 - 4)
    - Middle square (of middle horizontal) is adjacent to the bottom square (1 shared side), left square (1 shared side), right square (1 shared side)
    - Left square is adjacent to the middle square (already counted)
    - Right square is adjacent to the middle square (already counted)
    - Bottom square is adjacent to the middle square (already counted)
    Total shared sides: 1 (top - middle)+3 (middle horizontal)+1 (middle - bottom)+1 (middle - left)+1 (middle - right)=7
    Each shared side is counted twice in the total side count (once for each square), so we subtract $ 2\times7$ from the total side count of all squares.
    Total side count of all squares: $ 8\times4 = 32$
    Perimeter = $ 32-2\times7=32 - 14 = 18$ units.
    For the area: Since each square has area $ 1\times1 = 1$ square unit, and there are 8 squares, the area is $ 8\times1=8$ square units.

## Step2: Verify the perimeter calculation
Another way to calculate the perimeter: Let's draw the shape and count the outer edges.
- Top: 4 units (from left - most to right - most of the top part? No, wait, the top square has a width of 1, but the horizontal arm has a width of 4. Wait, maybe my first method was wrong. Let's use the "counting the number of unit lengths around the shape" method.
    - Let's start from the top - most point and move clockwise.
    - Top: move right 1 unit, down 1 unit, right 3 units, down 1 unit, left 1 unit, down 1 unit, left 3 units, down 1 unit, right 1 unit, up 1 unit, right 3 units, up 1 unit, left 1 unit, up 1 unit, left 3 units, up 1 unit. Wait, no, this is confusing.
    Alternatively, the shape is a cross with a horizontal bar of length 4 (4 squares) and a vertical bar of length 4 (4 squares), with the center square overlapping. The formula for the perimeter of a cross (where horizontal and vertical bars have length $ l$ and width 1) is $ 2\times(2l)$ when $ l\geq2$. Wait, if $ l = 4$, perimeter would be $ 2\times(2\times4)=16$? No, that's not right.
    Wait, let's look at the figure again. The figure has:
    - Horizontal direction: the maximum number of squares in a row is 4.
    - Vertical direction: the maximum number of squares in a column is 4.
    The perimeter of a shape made of unit squares can be calculated by $ 2\times( \text{number of squares in horizontal max}+\text{number of squares in vertical max})$ when it's a rectangle, but for a cross, it's different.
    Wait, maybe I miscounted the number of squares. Let's count the squares:
    - First row (top): 1 square.
    - Second row: 4 squares.
    - Third row: 3 squares.
    - Fourth row: 1 square.
    Total squares: $ 1 + 4+3 + 1=9$? Oh! I see, I missed one square. Let's count again:
    - Top: 1
    - Middle row (horizontal): 4 (so 1+4 = 5)
    - Third row: 3 (left, middle, right)
    - Fourth row: 1 (middle)
    So total squares: $ 1+4 + 3+1=9$
    Now, number of shared sides:
    - Top square and middle row square: 1 shared side.
    - Middle row (4 squares): 3 shared sides (between them)
    - Middle row square (middle one) and third row squares: 3 shared sides (left, middle, right)
    - Third row squares (left and right) and no other squares (except middle)
    - Fourth row square and middle row square: 1 shared side.
    Total shared sides: $ 1+3 + 3+1 = 8$
    Total side count of all squares: $ 9\times4=36$
    Perimeter = $ 36-2\times8=36 - 16 = 20$? No, this is still wrong.
    Let's use a better approach. Let's assume each square has side length 1. Let's find the coordinates of the vertices.
    Let's place the bottom - most square at (2,0), the middle row squares at (1,1), (2,1), (3,1), (4,1), the third row squares at (1,2), (2,2), (3,2), and the top square at (2,3).
    Now, let's list the vertices in order:
    - (2,3), (3,3), (3,1), (4,1), (4,2), (3,2), (3,3)? No, this is not correct.
    Alternatively, let's use the "grid - walk" method. The perimeter is the number of unit lengths around the shape.
    Looking at the figure, the horizontal extent is from $ x = 1$ to $ x = 4$ (length 3 units in x - direction from 1 to 4) and vertical extent from $ y = 0$ to $ y = 3$ (length 3 units in y - direction from 0 to 3). But the shape has "extensions".
    Let's count the number of horizontal and vertical sides:
    - Horizontal sides (top and bottom):
      - Top: from $ x = 1$ to $ x = 4$ (length 3) but with a square at (2,3), so the top horizontal side is from (1,3) to (4,3)? No, there is only a square at (2,3). So the top - most horizontal side is length 1 (at y = 3, x from 2 to 3).
      - Bottom: at y = 0, x from 2 to 3 (length 1)
      - Middle horizontal sides: at y = 1, x from 1 to 4 (length 3); at y = 2, x from 1 to 3 (length 2)
    - Vertical sides (left and right):
      - Left: at x = 1, y from 1 to 2 (length 1); at x = 1, y from 2 to 3? No, there is a square at (1,2).
      - Right: at x = 4, y from 1 to 2 (length 1)
      - Middle vertical sides: at x = 2, y from 0 to 3 (length 3); at x = 3, y from 1 to 2 (length 1)
    This is too time - consuming. Let's switch to part b and c, maybe part a is a 3D net? Wait, no, the problem says "figure", maybe part a is a net of a cube? Wait, a cube net has 6 squares. Oh! Wait, I think I made a mistake. The figure in part a is a cube net. A cube net has 6 squares. Let's count again:
    - Top: 1
    - Middle row: 4
    - Bottom: 1
    - Left: 0, right: 0. Wait, no, a standard cube net has 6 squares. Let's count:
      - Square 1: top
      - Square 2: below square 1
      - Square 3: to the right of square 2
      - Square 4: to the right of square 3
      - Square 5: to the right of square 4
      - Square 6: below square 2
      - Square 7: to the left of square 2
      - Square 8: below square 6? No, this is not a cube net. I think I need to move to part b.

### Part b: Parallelogram
# Explanation:
## Step1: Perimeter of Parallelogram
The formula for the perimeter of a parallelogram is $ P = 2\times(a + b)$, where $ a$ and $ b$ are the lengths of the adjacent sides.
Given $ a = 7$ ft and $ b = 5$ ft.
$ P=2\times(7 + 5)=2\times12 = 24$ ft.
## Step2: Area of Parallelogram
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is $ A = base\times height$.
The base $ b = 7$ ft and the height $ h = 4$ ft.
$ A=7\times4 = 28$ square feet.

### Part c: Rectangle
# Explanation:
## Step1: Perimeter of Rectangle
The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is $ P = 2\times(l + w)$, where $ l$ is the length and $ w$ is the width.
Given $ l = 15$ cm and $ w = 8$ cm.
$ P=2\times(15 + 8)=2\times23 = 46$ cm.
## Step2: Area of Rectangle
The formula for the area of a rectangle is $ A=l\times w$.
$ A = 15\times8=120$ square centimeters.

### Final Answers:
#### Part a:
(Assuming it's a cube net with 6 squares, let's recalculate. If each square has side length $ s$)
- Area: $ 6\times s^{2}$. If $ s = 1$ unit, area = 6 square units.
- Perimeter: Let's calculate the perimeter of the net. A cube net (one of the standard nets) has a perimeter calculated by counting the outer sides. For a net with a horizontal row of 4 squares and vertical columns of 1 square above and below the middle square of the horizontal row, and 1 square to the left and right of the middle square of the horizontal row (wait, no, standard net: for example, the "cross" net of a cube has 6 squares. The perimeter of a cube net (cross - shaped) with side length $ s$ is $ 14s$ (if $ s = 1$, perimeter = 14). But I think I made a mistake earlier. Let's assume the side length of each square is 1 unit.
After correcting the number of squares to 6 (cube net):
- Area: $ 6\times1\times1 = 6$ square units.
- Perimeter: Let's count the outer sides. Each square has 4 sides, 6 squares have $ 6\times4 = 24$ sides. The number of shared sides: in a cube net (cross - shaped), the number of shared sides is 5 (between the middle square and the 5 surrounding squares? No, a cross - shaped cube net has 5 shared sides? Wait, no, a cross - shaped cube net has 4 horizontal shared sides and 1 vertical shared side? No, let's look at a standard cross - shaped cube net: it has a central square, with one square above, one below, one to the left, one to the right, and one in the middle of the horizontal row (wait, no, standard cross net: central square, top, bottom, left, right, and one more in the horizontal line? No, a cube has 6 faces. The cross - shaped net has 5 squares in a row and 1 square above and below the middle square? No, I think I need to refer to the formula for the perimeter of a cube net. The perimeter of a cube net (where the net is a cross with 1 square in the center, 4 in a row, and 1 above and below the center) is $ 14$ when the side length of each square is 1. So:
Perimeter = 14 units, Area = 6 square units.

#### Part b:
- Perimeter: $\boldsymbol{24}$ ft
- Area: $\boldsymbol{28}$ square feet

#### Part c

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