110k views
3 votes
Lanie’s room is in the shape of a parallelogram.

The floor of her room is shown below and has an area of 108 square feet.
Lanie has a rectangular rug that is 6 feet wide and 10 feet long.
Will the rug fit on the floor of her room? Use the drop‐down menus to explain and show your answer.

A parallelogram with a base of nine feet and height of h feet

Use the area of the floor to find the
Choose...
of the parallelogram. It equals
Choose...
.
Both dimensions of the floor are
Choose...
the corresponding dimensions of the rug.
So, the rug
Choose...
fit in the room.

Lanie’s room is in the shape of a parallelogram. The floor of her room is shown below-example-1
User Caroleann
by
7.5k points

1 Answer

7 votes

Answer:

yes, it will fit.

Explanation:

10 x 6 = 60ft

she has an area of 108ft

yes, it will fit because 60ft is smaller than 108ft.

User Bergerova
by
9.2k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.