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An illustration shows a parallelogram with top side as 7 centimeters. A perpendicular dotted line from the top left vertex to the bottom side is 12 centimeters. The perpendicular line makes one right angle symbol with the top side and two right angle symbols with the bottom side.
What is the area of the quadrilateral?
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The area of the quadrilateral can be calculated by dividing it into two triangles.
Each triangle has a base of 7 cm and a height of 12 cm.
The area of each triangle is calculated as:
1/2 * base * height = 1/2 * 7 * 12 = 42 cm^2
Since there are two triangles, the total area of the quadrilateral is:
42 cm^2 + 42 cm^2 = 84 cm^2
Therefore, the area of the quadrilateral is 84 cm^2.