Let's rotate the figure to make it easier to recognize the base and the height!
After rotating the parallelogram, we can see that the length of the base is 1496 yards and the height is 1320 yards. Before we substitute these two values into the formula for the area of a parallelogram let's convert yards into miles. Converting between yards (yd) and miles (mi) will involve using a conversion factor.
1mi/1760yd
Let's convert the measurments of our parallelogram!
Yards
Conversion
Miles
Base
1496
1496* 1/1760
0.85
Height
1320
1320* 1/1760
0.75
We found that the base of the parallelogram is 0.85 miles and the height is 0.75 miles. Now we can substitute b= 0.85 and h= 0.75 into the formula for the area of a parallelogram. Let's do it!
