document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=869824>Question 869824</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Does a square with 3-inch sides has a greater area than a parallelogram that is not a square but has sides that have the same length?SENSE OR NONSENSE? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #524461 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><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=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=524461\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The square has the larger area.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The diagram shows that this parallelogram has the same area as the square. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "However the side of the parallelogram is no longer equal to the side of the original square, it is larger since it's the hypotenuse of a right triangle where the side of the original square is one of the legs. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So a parallelogram with a smaller side (like the original square side) would have less area.  </SPAN>\n" );
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