Question

Find the area of a parallelogram with the given vertices.

P(1, 3), Q(3, 3), R(7, 8), S(9, 8)
A. 10 units^2

B. 5 units^2

C. 20 units^2

D. none of these

Answer 1

@gauravkj

Answer 2

Can you plot all the points?

Answer 3

ok

Answer 4

i did plot the poins @austinL

Answer 5

area=base*height.. if u can plot den find base(2 or 5) and height(2 or 5).. multiply.. area=10

Answer 6

Okay, you should get something that looks kinda like this right?

Answer 7

Off of this drawing, you should be able to find the different portions of the required formula for area.

Answer 8

yes i got the same thing

Answer 9

10 units ^2 right

Answer 10

\(\Large{A_{parallelogram}=b\times h}\)
Where b is base and h is height.

In our drawing,

Answer 11

And if you do like I think you did,
b=2
h=5

5*2=10 u^2

Good job!