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.

Parallelogram with base of 15 feet, height of 10 feet, and triangular base of 2 feet.

Answer 1

do you know formula for area of a parallelogram ?

Answer 2

Area parallelogram = base time height

Answer 3

its 300, right?

Answer 4

no

base is 15 height is 10

Answer 5

15 ft and 10 ft

Answer 6

Area = 15*10 = ?

Answer 7

this image show you how de compuse this parallelogram in triangles and a rectangle