The diagram shows a park bounded by streets. The park is in the shape of a parallelogram. Each square is 10 yards on a side. What is the area of the park?
A diagram drawn on a grid shows 4 intersecting streets creating a parallelogram in the center of them. The base measures approximately 6 units. The height measures approximately 6 units.
What are the base and the height of the parallelogram?
What formula should you use?
The base of the parallelogram is 6 units and the height is 6 units. The formula to calculate the area of a parallelogram is A = b x h, where b is the base and h is the height.
Therefore, the area of the park is 6 x 6 = 36 square units, or 360 square yards.