document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=360569>Question 360569</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if the base of the parallagram is 12 and the height of it is x-7, and the question is asking me.., write two equivalent expressions for the area of the figure. What would the two expressions look like? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #257398 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=257398\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> area of a parallelogram is equal to B * H where B is the base of the parallelogram and H is the height of the parallelogram.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation would be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = B * H\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since B = 12 and H = (x-7), then this equation becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 12 * (x - 7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One of the expressions is 12 * (x - 7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equivalent expression might be 12x - 84\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Both these expressions are equivalent (they mean the same thing).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your equations can be either:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 12 * (x - 7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 12*x - 84\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The expressions on the right side of the equal sign are the equivalent expressions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12*x - 84 is equivalent to 12 * (x - 7)\r<BR>\n" );
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