Question

BAKING Breelyn is making cookies using a cookie cutter in the shape

of a parallelogram.

a. What are the perimeter and area of each cookie? Round your

answers to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.

b. Breelyn's father owns a bakery that makes the same size cookies.

The dough for his cookie recipe can be rolled out into a square

with a side length of 30 centimeters. The bakery needs to make

600 cookies for an upcoming event. How many batches of dough

will be needed to make the cookies?

Answer 1

To find the perimeter of the parallelogram cookie, add up the lengths of all four sides. To find the area, multiply the length of one side by the perpendicular height. For the square dough, each batch of dough will be enough to make 600 cookies.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the perimeter of the parallelogram cookie, you need to add up the lengths of all four sides. Let's say the length of one side is a and the length of the opposite side is b.

Then the perimeter is given by the formula: P = 2(a + b).

To find the area of the parallelogram cookie, you need to multiply the length of one side by the perpendicular height. Let's say the side length is a and the height is h.

Then the area is given by the formula: A = a * h.

For the square dough, the area is 30 cm * 30 cm = 900 cm². To make 600 cookies, we divide this area by the area of one cookie: 900 cm² / 600 = 1.5 cm².

So, each batch of dough would be enough to make 600 cookies.