Question

Two long strips of paper are each 2 inches wide, and they overlap so that the angle between the strips is 30 degrees. What is the number of square inches in the area of the parallelogram formed by the overlap?

Answer 1

Answer:

2inch^2 is our area overlap

Step-by-step explanation:

2 inch base 2 inch width when crossed shows us symmetrical line on the parallel, which gives us our height of 1 inch as one inch equilateral triangle is formed each side of the symmetrical line.

Formula for Area is bh

Area = 1 x 2 = 2inch^2