A parallelogram has base cm, perpendicular height cm and a slanted side of cm. What is its area?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 54 cm
- Step 1: Area of a parallelogram base perpendicular height.
- Step 2: cm.
Answer
54 cm.
Why not the others: 63 cm: This uses the slanted side instead of the perpendicular height. 27 cm: This halves the area, as for a triangle. 32 cm: This is the perimeter (), not the area.
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