20%, I believe. The piece of wood lost 2 ounces of moisture after drying, and 2/10 = 20/100
Yu can you think how many triangles fit in that parallelogram? The answer is six. four in the central rectangle and two at the ends, then the area of the parallelogram will be six times greater than that of the triangle in that graph. Good luck! M.
To get this you substitute 7 for the x.
7/8(7)-1/2
49/8-1/2
49/8-4/8
45/8 is the value.