In case this never crossed your mind, the area formula for rectangles and parallelograms are the same! It is a simple formula, it looks like this: A=bh or A=lw. This formula just multiplies the base and the height, thus telling the area of the shape. How are the formulas the same you ask? Well, both the shapes can be turned into each other by cutting the sides or something like that. Therefore, since they are the same shapes in the end, the same formula can be used!
Continuing on, the dimensions of Tennessee were asked to be learned as well. By the information gathered from netstate.com, Tennessee is 440 miles long and 120 miles wide. Now, by using the formula from the first paragraph, it will look like this: A of Tennessee= (440)(120). The estimated area would come out to be approximately 53,00 miles. Have a nice day!
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