A pool company is installing a parallelogram-shaped swimming pool in a family's back yard. Compose a rectangle to find the amour of area that the pool will take up in the yard. What is the area of the pool? 7 ft 12 ft
To find the area of the parallelogram-shaped swimming pool, first find the area of the rectangle that would fit around the pool.
Since the pool is parallelogram-shaped, the opposite sides are equal in length. Therefore, the dimensions of the rectangle will be 7 ft by 12 ft.
Area of a rectangle = length x width
Area = 7 ft x 12 ft
Area = 84 square feet
Therefore, the parallelogram-shaped swimming pool will take up an area of 84 square feet in the family's back yard.