document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1177486>Question 1177486</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In parallelogram ABCD, AB=125cm, AD=132cm, and the length of diagonal AC is 37cm. The area of the parallelogram, in cm squared, is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) 1155 b) 2310 c) 2442 d)4620 e)4884 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw perpendicular AE from A to side CD.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let CE=x so BE=132-x; let the length of AE be y.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then right triangles AEC and AEB give us<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2By%5E2+=+37%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2By%5E2+=+37%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  [1]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28132-x%29%5E2%2By%5E2+=+125%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28132-x%29%5E2%2By%5E2+=+125%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  [2]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Expand [2]:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=132%5E2-264x%2Bx%5E2+=+125%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"132%5E2-264x%2Bx%5E2+=+125%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  [3]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract [1] from [3]:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a calculator and basic algebra to find x; then use [1] to find y.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the area of the parallelogram is base times height, which is 132 times y.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "One of the given answer choices is correct....<br><BR>\n" );
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