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A bright blue parallelogram is painted on a playground. It has a height of 16 feet and a length of a 23 feet. f one gallons of paint covers 175 square, how many gallons of paint are needed?

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Explanation:

To find the area of the parallelogram, we can use the formula:

A = base x height

where the base is the length of the parallelogram, and the height is the height of the parallelogram.

In this case, the length of the parallelogram is 23 feet and the height is 16 feet. So, the area of the parallelogram is:

A = 23 feet x 16 feet = 368 square feet

We also know that one gallon of paint can cover 175 square feet. To find how many gallons of paint are needed to cover the parallelogram, we can divide the area of the parallelogram by the area that one gallon of paint can cover:

Gallons of paint = Area of parallelogram / Area covered by one gallon of paint

Gallons of paint = 368 square feet / 175 square feet per gallon

Gallons of paint = 2.1 gallons (rounded to one decimal place)

Therefore, we would need approximately 2.1 gallons of paint to cover the bright blue parallelogram on the playground.

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