Question

A garden is going to be built in the city park in the shape of a parallelogram with a rectangular walkway through it. The garden region is shown below. Find the area of the garden region by finding the areas of the individual shapes shown in the figure.

Answer 1

3600 ft^2

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Answer 2

Left triangle area
.. (1/2)*(30 ft)*(72 ft) = 1080 ft^2

Middle walkway area
.. (20 ft)*(72 ft) = 1440 ft^2

Right triangle area
.. same as left triangle area, 1080 ft^2

Total area
.. 1080 ft^2 +1440 ft^2 +1080 ft^2 = 3600 ft^2

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Check:
Parallelogram area = base*height = (50 ft)*(72 ft) = 3600 ft^2