Question

Mr. Morris is going to save money and replace his sailboat's mainsail himself. He must determine the area of the mainsail in order to buy the correct amount of material. Calculate the area of the parallelogram to determine how much material should be purchased. Be sure to explain how to decompose this shape into rectangles and triangles. Describe their dimensions and show your work.

Answer 1

What is the formula for calculating the area of a parallelogram?

Answer 2

bxlxw

Answer 3

not the value formula

Answer 4

volume*

Answer 5

uhm, is there any image that goes with this?

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @rxcklesskaisher

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not this uh

Answer 8

not this ?

Answer 9

nope not that -- like an image of the type of mainsail

Answer 10

we can get many triangles, or just 2 triangles and the big rectangle

Answer 11

as about the 1st part the formula would be

\[a = B \times h\]

Answer 12

we would need a diagram of the mainsail to determine the 2nd part bro

Answer 13

thats the pic though

Answer 14

its nonsense to me

Answer 15

let's just find the area

\[a = 20 \times 15\]

Answer 16

\[a = 300 ft\]

Answer 17

as for the second part, since we dont have a diagram, we will go with comparing the parallelogram with a rectangle with the same dimensions.

Answer 18

we can see the superfluity triangles at the sides

Answer 19

yes

Answer 20

finding their dimension would be pretty easy

Answer 21

using the pythagoras theorem we would get

\[? = 15^2+4^2\]

\[? = \sqrt{225+16}\]

Answer 22

im bad at to the square power

Answer 23

calculators are not

Answer 24

how i put it in the caculator?

Answer 25

use google

Answer 26

it will be prrox 15.5

Answer 27

thats about it 🤷‍♂️

Answer 28

so 15.5 x??

Answer 29

Flor you've confused me

Answer 30

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Florisalreadytaken
\[a = 300 ft\]
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this will be our area

Answer 31

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @rxcklesskaisher
so 15.5 x??
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that will be just the triangle's hypotenuse length

Answer 32

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Shayla
Flor you've confused me
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what? why?

Answer 33

im so lost

Answer 34

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Florisalreadytaken
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Shayla
Flor you've confused me
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what? why?
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I dont know the way you did it was just so confusing

Answer 35

its not even complicated... what is confusing about it?

Answer 36

i dont know im just confused

Answer 37

It's no surprise why youre failing at math

Answer 38

im kinda failing

Answer 39

I am failing but its not my fault meanie

Answer 40

it is not? how come

Answer 41

u dont think so?

Answer 42

I spend most of my time talking to you rather than doing hw 😌

Answer 43

all i need is helpp

Answer 44

so did i -- thats not an excuse

Answer 45

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @rxcklesskaisher
all i need is helpp
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didnt you get your answers already? and oh, make sure to send your teacher a diagram of the parallelogram

Answer 46

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Florisalreadytaken
Created with Raphaël2020154415??15.5== 15.5Reply Using Drawing
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.

Answer 47

a==300ft?

Answer 48

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @rxcklesskaisher
a==300ft?
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yes

Answer 49

how im going to show my work

Answer 50

like bruh

Answer 51

just show the steps of the equations

Answer 52

imma jus get a zero

Answer 53

you have your answer just in front of you, and you decide to get a 0? wise

Answer 54

2 much to explain

Answer 55

Okay so you see how flor divided the parallelogram into two triangles and a rectangle right ?

Answer 56

Now the rectangle itself would be 16*15 whereas the triangles would be together 15*4

Answer 57

15*16=240
15*4=60

Answer 58

add them together to get 300

Answer 59

Okay does that make sense ?

Answer 60

yes thank you

Answer 61

Ofc!