Question

Mario's classroom is shaped like a parallelogram the height of the parallelogram is X meters and the corresponding base is 7 longer than the parallelograms height how can Mario write an expression that shows his classrooms area in terms of x?

Answer 1

The area A of a parallelogram whose base is b and height is h is given as

A = bh

Hence given that the height of the parallelogram is X meters and the base is 7 longer than the height

The base is therefore X + 7 meters

Hence the area A of the classroom is

A =