document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1154697>Question 1154697</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two congruent parallelograms and a square make up the composite figure with a side length of 5cm. What is the area of the figure? The figure is in the shape of a cube.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Clearly the area of the square is 5^2 = 25.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the two congruent parallelograms together with the square make a figure that looks like a cube, the angles of each parallelogram are 45 and 135 degrees.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, since the side lengths of the parallelogram are 5, the height of each parallelogram is 5/sqrt(2), or (5/2)sqrt(2).<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of each parallelogram (base times height) is then 5*((5/2)sqrt(2)).<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And then the area of the whole figure -- square plus two parallelograms -- is 25+25sqrt(2).<br><BR>\n" );
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