Glenda wants to glue glitter over a piece of felt shaped like a parallelogram with a height of 22 inches and a base of 34 inches. If the glitter costs $0.60 per ft^2, how much will it cost to cover the felt?

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anonymous · Answer

please show all work.

anonymous · Answer

find the area of the felt using the formula for area of parallelogram.
multiply the cost and the area to get the cost.

note that the area and the cost are given in different units of length measurements,

anonymous · Answer

take 22 inches multiply it by 34 inches
we get 748 inches squared.
748 Square Inches = 5.194444444444445 Square Feet
take 5.194444444444445 Square Feet multiply it by $0.60 
and we get 3.116666666666667
it will cost $3.11

anonymous · Answer

How do i find the cost?

anonymous · Answer

the area of the parallelogram is 748.

anonymous · Answer

jallyrs i explained above.. read it carefully.