Question

A family is ordering grass sod for a portion of their backyard as shown in the diagram. How many square yards of grass sod do they need?

Answer 1

Answer: 42 square yards

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: A family is ordering grass sod for a portion of their backyard as shown in the diagram.

In the given diagram we have a parallelogram with base = 7 yd

and height = 6 yd

We know that the area of parallelogram is given by :-

$\text{Area}=base\times height$

Therefore, the area of the given  portion will be :-

$\text{Area}=7\times6=42\ yd^2$

Answer 2

I believe the answer would be 42