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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help me

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@JoannaBlackwelder

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@nincompoop

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Peaches15

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

Area of a parallelogram is bh where b is the length of the base and h is the height where b and h are at a 90 degree angle.

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

What do you think b is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

um 3/5?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

h 2/5

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

Very close! The base is just the length of the bottom line, not extended out.

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

h looks good! :-)

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

So, b would be 3/5-1/5 since the 1/5 is the extended part.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i figured it all out already but the thing is i got 1/10 and 2/5

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

Hm, how did you get 1/10?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i did 3/5-1/5 = 2/5 - 1/5= 1/10

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

Hm, why did you subtract out 1/5 twice?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i thought i was suppose to oops..

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

It's cool. Do you see how it only sticks out ion one direction on each length?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

So, we just subtract it out once, so b is 2/5 and h is 2/5 :-) What does that give us for bh?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4/25

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

Great! :-)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

(:

OpenStudy (joannablackwelder):

You're welcome

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