Uestion 1 (Essay Worth 10 points) (05.01; 05.02 MC)

A parallelogram is shown below:

A parallelogram ABCD is shown with DC equal to 9 feet and the perpendicular distance between AB and DC equal to 8 over 9 foot.

Part A: What is the area of the parallelogram? Show your work. (5 points)

Part B: How can you decompose this parallelogram into two triangles? If this parallelogram was decomposed into two triangles, what would be the area of each triangle? (5 points)