Question

Find the area of parallelogram ABCD and solve for x.

Answer 1

Would the area be \[5\times7.5=37.5\]

Answer 2

thats a good try, but no 5 is not the height

Answer 3

5 is very slanty right ?

Answer 4

Yeah.

Answer 5

use

base = 7.5
height = 4

Answer 6

that little square box at the corner of side 4 is the clue that that side is perpendicular

Answer 7

Oh okay, that makes sense. The area is 30. Now, how do you find x?

Answer 8

are you familiar with similar triangles ?

Answer 9

Yes