Question

a piece of fabric for a quilt design is in the shape of a parallelogram. the bas is 5 inches and the height is 3.5 inches. what is the total area of the 25 parallelogram pieces needed for the quilt

Answer 1

Area per parallelogram = 5 x 3.5
Area per parallelogram = 17.5

You have 25 of those parallelograms, so
17.5 x 25 = 437.5 in^2

Answer 2

Let's find the area of one parallelogram piece.

Formula:

$\sf~A=bh$

Plug in what we know:

$\sf~A=(5)(3.5)$

Multiply:

$\sf~A=17.5$

This is the area of one parallelogram piece, so multiply by 25 to find out the area of the entire quilt.

$\sf~A=17.5\times25\rightarrow\boxed{\sf437.5}$