An illustration of a parallelogram shows the following dimensions: The base is 12 feet. The perpendicular height from the top left vertex to the base is 7 inches. The height is drawn as a dashed line. A pool company is installing a parallelogram-shaped swimming pool in a family’s backyard. Compose a rectangle to find the amount of area that the pool will take up in the yard. What is the area of the pool? ___ square feet
To find the area of the parallelogram-shaped swimming pool, we can use the formula A = base x height. In this case, the base is 12 feet and the height is 7 inches.
Since the height is given in inches and the base is given in feet, we need to convert the height to feet by dividing by 12 (since there are 12 inches in a foot).
7 inches ÷ 12 = 0.5833 feet
Now we can find the area of the pool:
A = 12 feet x 0.5833 feet
A ≈ 7.0 square feet
Therefore, the parallelogram-shaped swimming pool will take up approximately 7.0 square feet in the family's backyard.