Find the area of a parallelogram with sides of 12 inches and 8 inches if one of the angles is 120

48 sq. in.

48√3 sq. in.

96

Question

Find the area of a parallelogram with sides of 12 inches and 8 inches if one of the angles is 120



48 sq. in.

48√3 sq. in.

96

anonymous · Answer

@AravindG

anonymous · Answer

@zepdrix

aravindg · Answer

Do you know the formula for area of parallelogram?

anonymous · Answer

A=base times altitude! and ty for coming to help me

aravindg · Answer

The other angle is 60 ie (180 - 120) 

If the base is 12, then you can calculate height using the right triangle and finding sine 60.

anonymous · Answer

A is the right answer then

aravindg · Answer

No try again. What did you get height as?

anonymous · Answer

So the height is 8 of the paralellogram, then since the angle is 60 degrees, you would use a 30-60-90 degree triangle. Then the altitude would be 4 because the short side is 8-4

aravindg · Answer

Height is not 8.

aravindg · Answer

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