Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 8 - Section 8.1 - Area and Initial Postulates - Exercises - Page 359: 13

Answer

72 in.

Work Step by Step

From the given figure , We need to find out the area of the parallelogram ABCD In parallelogram opposite sides are equal so AB = CD = 12in By theorem 8.1.2 The area A of a parallelogram with a base of length b and corresponding altitude of length h is given by A=bh From the given figure AB= 12 in altitude = 6 in. therefore area of parallelogram = bh = 12 * 6 = 72 in.
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