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What is the area of the parallelogram

What is the area of the parallelogram-example-1
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Answer:

40 units^2

Explanation:

The parallelogram shown is basically made of two triangles divided by the x-axis. The bases go from 3 to 13 on the axis, so they have a length of 10. The height of one triangle is from a 0 to 4, which is a height of 4.

The area of a triangle is
(bh)/(2), so plugging those numbers in gets:


(4*10)/(2) = 20

Since there are two triangles it would be double the area: 40 units^2

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