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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please find my problem attached.

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OpenStudy (phi):

Do you know trigonometry. If so, find the altitude h of the triangle using sin(72º)= h/6 your figure is a parallelogram (that is what those >> marks tell you), so the top side equals the bottom side. So AB has length 12. AE has length AB/3 = 4 the area of the parallelogram is h*base = h*12 (h from above) the area of the triangle is (1/2)*h*AE= (1/2)*h*4= 2*h (h from above) area of the shaded area = h*12 - 2*h = 10*h so find h!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got 60cm^2

OpenStudy (phi):

how?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

12*6 =area of the parallelogram 4*6*1/2= area of triangle and I subtracted the triangle from the parallelogram

OpenStudy (phi):

pretty close. Except 6 is not the height of the parallelogram. you need the height |dw:1328468550292:dw|

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