Seth wants to cover the top of a small table with glass parallelogram tiles. the top of the table measures 18 inches by 14 inches. if each tile has four sides of length 3 inches with a height of 2 inches, about how many tiles will he need?

a.26
b.42
c.63
d.84

Option B is correct

42

Step-by-step explanation:

Area of parallelogram(A) is given by:

where;

b is the base and h is the height of the parallelogram.

As per the statement:

Seth wants to cover the top of a small table with glass parallelogram tiles. The top of the table measures 18 inches by 14 inches.

⇒b = 18 inches and h = 14 inches

then;

It is also given that:

If each tile has four sides of length 3 inches with a height of 2 inches

then;

where, A' is the area of each tiles.

We have to find how many tiles will he need.

⇒

⇒Number of tiles =42

Therefore, 42 tiles will he need.