# A galaxy contains a parallelogram-shaped dust field. The dust field has a base of 150 miles. The height is 14% of the base. What is the area of the dust field?

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A galaxy contains a parallelogram-shaped dust field. The dust field has a base of 150 miles. The height is 14% of the base. What is the area of the dust field?

2021-01-29
The area of a parallelogram is:
$$\displaystyle{A}={b}{h}$$
From the given, b=150 miles and $$\displaystyle{h}={0.14}{\left({150}\right)}={21}$$ miles. Hence,
$$\displaystyle{A}={\left({150}\right)}{\left({21}\right)}$$
$$\displaystyle{A}={3150}{m}{i}^{{{2}}}$$

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