please help!

Find the area of parallelogram ABCD given m A = 30 and the following measures.

https://media.glynlyon.com/g_geo_2012/8/groupi21.gif

AD = 4squareroot3 in.; AB = 8 in. A=

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please help!

Find the area of parallelogram ABCD given m A = 30 and the following measures.

https://media.glynlyon.com/g_geo_2012/8/groupi21.gif

AD = 4squareroot3 in.; AB = 8 in. A=

anonymous · Answer

Formula for area of a parallelogram is A = bh    b - base, h--height
From the figure base is AB = 8 the height is AX. Since you are given mA=30 and measurement of AD(hypotenuse of ADX), You can solve for AX.
You are now ready to find the area.