Question

Victoria correctly determined the area of this parallelogram by adding the areas of the rectangle and triangles.

How did Victoria determine the area?

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Victoria determined that the area of the rectangle is
m² and that the area of each triangle is
m². She added the areas of the rectangle and the two triangles for a total area of

Answer 1

I got the Answer:

56 m²

16 m²

88 m²

Answer 2

56 m²

16 m²

88 m²

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a rectangle is:

A=L×W (area=length × width)

A=7×8

A=56m²

The formula for the area of triangle is:

1/2×b×h (1/2 × base × height)

A=1/2×4×8

A=2×8

A=16m²

For the total area you will now add the area of each shape. We will multiply triangle area by 2 because there is 2 triangles.

A=56+2(16)

A=56+32

A=88m²