Question

What is the area of the figure made up of a parallelogram and a right triangle?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I think you have formula to find out the area of a parallelogram, right? and the area of a right triangle also. What are they?

Answer 3

I was never good at finding the area of triangles

Answer 4

or area of a rectangular, it 's easier.

Answer 5

112

Answer 6

yup, now google what is the formula to find out area of a RIGHT triangle.

Answer 7

\[A=\frac{ ab }{2 }\]

Answer 8

ok, hence the area of a triangle is \(\dfrac{1}{2} base* height\) right?