SOLUTION: Find the area of the parallelogram in the picture and please explain how you did, thank you :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64179385@N07/6299730439/in/photostream
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-> SOLUTION: Find the area of the parallelogram in the picture and please explain how you did, thank you :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64179385@N07/6299730439/in/photostream
Log On
The area of a parallelogram is given by multiplying the measure of the base (the 11 inch side, in your case) times the height (the measure of the dashed line in your case).
In a right triangle with a 60 degree angle, the side adjacent to the 60 degree angle measures one-half of the hypotenuse. The side opposite is the square root of 3 times the measure of the side adjacent. So your little right triangle has sides of 6, 3, and . And is the height. Multiply the height times the measure of the base.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
