document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=448604>Question 448604</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the area of a parallelogram.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The top is 20m the left side is 5m and the bottom left corner is 45degrees  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #327831 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=cleomenius><B>cleomenius(959)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=cleomenius><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=cleomenius><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=327831\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of the length of one of its sides and the height to that side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can draw a line from the top left vertex perpendicular to the bottom, this will create a 90 degree right angle at the bottom ( which we know is 20 )\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have now formed a 45 45 90 triangle, in which we know the hypotenuse to be 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finding the side will give us the height we need for the area calculation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 = s<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, therefor 5/<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = s.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This works out to 5<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >/2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by the length to that side, which is 20,  and we obtain 50<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cleomenius. </SPAN>\n" );
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