Question

Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram have lengths of 8cm and 9cm, and the measures of the included angle is 30degrees. Find the area of the parallelogram.

Answer 1

so what do i do now?

Answer 2

The area of a parallelogram is the base times the height.
A = bh
You can choose any side to be the base. In the figure, I chose the bottom side as the base.

Answer 3

so the answer is 36?

Answer 4

The height is the segment that is perpendicular to the base and intersects the opposite base, or the line the opposite base lies in.

Answer 5

You have a 30-60-90 triangle, so you can solve for h. Then A = bh, and b = 9 cm