SOLUTION: Please help me with this geometry problem. A certain city block is in the form of a parallelogram. two of its sides are each 425 ft long, the other two sides are each 228 ft lon

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Question 792722: Please help me with this geometry problem.
A certain city block is in the form of a parallelogram. two of its sides are each 425 ft long, the other two sides are each 228 ft long. if the distance between the first pair of sides is 130 ft, find the area of the land and perimeter.
thank you.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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For both a parallelogram and a rectangle, area is base*height. The data for your given parallelogram shows the height can be taken as that distance 130 feet between the first pair of sides, and using base of 425 feet.

Area+=+425%2A130 ft%5E2