What is the area of the figure below?
The figure shows a parallelogram. the left side equals 5 inches. The bottom side equals 12 inches. A dashed segment from the top left vertex perpendicular to the bottom left side equals 3 inches.
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Responses
18 in.²
18 in.²
30 in.²
30 in.²
36 in.²
36 in.²
60 in.²
The area of a parallelogram is calculated by multiplying the base by the height.
In this case, the base is 12 inches and the height is 3 inches.
Area = base x height
Area = 12 in x 3 in = 36 in²
Therefore, the area of the parallelogram is 36 in².
Answer: 36 in²