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A wallpaper design uses 15 parallelogram-shaped pieces of paper,each with a bas of 3 inches and a height of 2 icnhes.How much paper is used to make 15 pieces?

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To answer this you will use the formula for finding area of a parallelogram.

A = bh
3 inches x 2 inches
A = 6 square inches per piece of paper

6 square inches x 15 = 90 square inches

90 in.² of paper is used to make 15 pieces.
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