Area of a parallelogram is A= length x width. So 9.5 x 4. 38 in
Rate of change is Rise over run=3/36=1/12 inches
I think the answer is 30, because if 134 +16 is 5 times the number of books Beezus reads, than just divide by 4 for the answer of 30
I hope i answered it right but..