Solving how many square inches within a flag

[wtam1100]

Hello all. I'm new here. Trying to help my daughter with her homework but I can't solve this problem wondering if there is any out there that is willing to help. Thanks a Head of time.

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[MarkFL]

Re: Solving how many square inches with in a flag

The white stripe is a parallelogram, whose area is found by computing the product of the base and the height. Can your daughter identify the measures of the base and height?

 

[wtam1100]

Re: Solving how many square inches with in a flag

The white stripe is a parallelogram, whose area is found by computing the product of the base and the height. Can your daughter identify the measures of the base and height?

Yeah I think you are right. I'm just going with the 72 x 8.5. thanks for you input.

 

[MarkFL]

Re: Solving how many square inches with in a flag

Yeah I think you are right. I'm just going with the 72 x 8.5. thanks for you input.

Yes, that's correct! (Star)

 

[johng1]

Hi,
I think a diagram is helpful:

 

[johnmac]

the white area is essentially a parallelogram
to calculate the area of a parallelogram

A = base x height

A = 8.5 x 72 = 612 square inches