Jillian plans a pillow pattern before sewing. the parallelogram in the center of the pattern has a base length of 9 inches and a height of 7 inches. she needs to find the area of the fabric surrounding the parallelogram pattern. which statements below should she apply when solving this problem? check all that apply.

a. the parallelogram has a base length of 16 inches and a height of 8 inches.
b. the area of the parallelogram is (9)(7)=63
c. the total area of the block is 128 square inches.
d. the area surrounding the parallelograms can be found by adding 63 to 128.
e. the area surrounding the parallelogram can be found by subtracting 63 from 128.