SOLUTION: Two adjacent side of a parallelogram are 10 and 8 in. The included angle is 30 degrees. Find the area

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Question 976745: Two adjacent side of a parallelogram are 10 and 8 in. The included angle is 30 degrees. Find the area
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I drew the figure. I also dropped an altitude. You can see it forms a 60 degree angle, and if you know your 30/60/90 triangle, the height is 4.
The area is 40 sq in.