Question

Find the area of the figure. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Note: The base is 15cm. The height is 13cm. The distance from the right altitude to the vertex is 7cm.
a-56cm^2
b-170cm^2
c-164.3cm^2
d-165.7cm^2

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 i thought parallelograms area thing was base times height but i cant get the right answer

Answer 2

What base and height are you using?

Answer 3

The area is

Area = base * height

Answer 4

oh i see the issue

Answer 5

the height you want isn't 13

Answer 6

oh wait then what is it?

Answer 7

The answer is c