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An illustration shows a parallelogram that is divided into four equal sections by a horizontal and a vertical line intersecting at the center. Measurements are labeled on the bottom first section as follows: The base is labeled 8 inches and left side is 5 inches. The perpendicular height from the top left vertex to the base is 4 inches. The height is drawn in dashed line.
To cover a garden path, a landscape designer plans to cover a walkway with parallelogram-shaped paving stones. Construct a rectangle to find the area covered by 4 paving stones. What is the area in square inches?
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Responses
52 square inches
52 square inches
160 square inches
160 square inches
40 square inches
40 square inches
128 square inches
40 square inches
To find the area covered by 4 paving stones, we first find the area of one paving stone by using the formula for the area of a parallelogram: base x height.
The base of each paving stone is 8 inches and the height is 4 inches. So, the area of one paving stone is 8 x 4 = 32 square inches.
To find the total area covered by 4 paving stones, we multiply the area of one paving stone by 4: 32 x 4 = 128 square inches.