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An illustration shows a parallelogram with the right side as 16 inches. A perpendicular dotted line from top right vertex to the left side is 12 inches. The perpendicular line makes one right angle symbol with right side and two right angle symbols with the left side.
What is the area of the quadrilateral?
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___in.2
The area of the quadrilateral can be found by multiplying the base (16 inches) by the height (12 inches) and then dividing by 2.
Area = (base x height) / 2
Area = (16 inches x 12 inches) / 2
Area = 192 square inches / 2
Area = 96 square inches
Therefore, the area of the quadrilateral is 96 square inches.