Question

Quincy and Julie are in charge of making a banner for the basketball game this friday. how much paper will they need for a parallelogram-shaped banner with a height of 3.5 feet and a base of 5.25 feet?

Answer 1

18.375 ft²

Explanation:

Given that,

Quincy and Julie want to make a banner of size 3 1/2 feet by 5 1/4 feet for the game this week.

To find, poster paper needed to make a banner

Formula to be used is the surface area of a parallelogram

(base * height)

= (21/4) * (7/2)

= 18.375 ft²

So poster paper required to make a banner for the game this Friday = 18.375 ft²