Question

The Donaldsons bought the unusually shaped lot shown below on which to build a new house.

a. what is the area of the lot?

b. If the Donaldsons build a rectangular house with length 40 feet and width 30 feet, what percent of the area of the lot will be covered by the house?

Answer 1

need the diagram

Answer 2

area for a parallelogram is base times height. can you do this for part a?

Answer 3

a. 5236 ft^2

Answer 4

correct.

now for part b, what is the surface area taken up by the house?

Answer 5

i don't know