Question

What is the area of the figure below? The figure shows a parallelogram. the left side equals 5 inches. The bottom side equals 12 inches. A dashed segment from the top left vertex perpendicular to the bottom left side equals 3 inches.

Answer 1

Answer:

A = 36 in.²

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of a parallelogram can be determined by the formula:

A = bh

The base length is 12 inches and the height is 3 inches.

A = 12in. * 3in.

A = 36 in.²