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A family is ordering grass sod for a portion of their backyard as shown in the diagram. How many square yards of grass sod do they need?

A family is ordering grass sod for a portion of their backyard as shown in the diagram-example-1
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I believe the answer would be 42


User Chendu
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Answer: 42 square yards

Explanation:

Given: A family is ordering grass sod for a portion of their backyard as shown in the diagram.

In the given diagram we have a parallelogram with base = 7 yd

and height = 6 yd

We know that the area of parallelogram is given by :-


\text{Area}=base* height

Therefore, the area of the given portion will be :-


\text{Area}=7*6=42\ yd^2

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