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

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The area of one parallelogram is equal to base*height = 3*2 = 6 square inches.

There are 15 of these identical figures, so the total area is 15*6 = 90 square inches.

You'll need 90 square inches of paper.
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