document.write( "Question 255963: Hello, I am having difficulty with this problem. I attempted to create a rectangle and solve it but my answer still turns out wrong, could you please help me.\r
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Hello, I am having difficulty with this problem. I attempted to create a rectangle and solve it but my answer still turns out wrong, could you please help me.\r
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document.write( "The area of a parallelogram is given by the\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"A=base%2Aheight\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The base is QR which is 4 units (count the units using the\r\n" );
document.write( "x-axis as a measuring stick).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we draw in the height.  I'll draw it in green \r\n" );
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document.write( "The height is the green line segment which is 5 units long\r\n" );
document.write( "(count the units using the y-axis as a measuring stick).\r\n" );
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document.write( "So  \"A=base%2Aheight\"\r\n" );
document.write( "    \"A=4%2A5\"\r\n" );
document.write( "    \"A=20\" square units.\r\n" );
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