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?
128
52
40
160
To find the area covered by 4 parallelogram-shaped paving stones, we first need to find the area of one paving stone.
Let's assume the length of the paving stone is 8 inches and the width is 5 inches. Since a parallelogram is basically a rectangle, the area of the rectangle can be calculated using the formula Area = length x width.
Area of one paving stone = 8 inches x 5 inches = 40 square inches
Now, to find the total area covered by 4 paving stones, we simply multiply the area of one paving stone by 4:
Total area covered by 4 paving stones = 40 square inches x 4 = 160 square inches
Therefore, the correct answer is 160.