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A parking space shaped like a parallelogram has a base of 17 feet and a height is 9 feet. A car parked in the space is 16 feet long and 6 feet wide. How much of the parking space is not covered by the car?

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First, we have to get the area of the parallelogram. A = b x h. 
A = 17 feet x 9 feet
A = 153 square feet.

The area of the car (assume that the car is rectangle) is equal to: A = l x w.
A = 16 x 6
A = 96 square feet.

The space that is not covered by the car is 153 - 96 = 37 square feet.

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