A pool company is installing a parallelogram-shaped swimming pool in a family’s back yard. 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?
the number are 7 12
Since a parallelogram can be broken down into a rectangle and a right triangle, we can find the area of the parallelogram by finding the area of the rectangle.
The sides of the parallelogram-shaped pool are 7 feet and 12 feet. This means that one side of the rectangle is 12 feet and the other side is 7 feet.
Area of a rectangle = length x width
Area of the pool = 12 feet x 7 feet
Area of the pool = 84 square feet
Therefore, the pool will take up 84 square feet in the yard.