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What is the area of a parallelogram with the coordinates: (5,7), (12,7 05 Sep 2019, 04:30
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What is the area of a parallelogram with the coordinates: (5,7), (12,7), (2,3), (9,3)?

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B. 28.
C. 35.
D. 49.
E. 52.
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What is the area of a parallelogram with the coordinates: (5,7), (12,7), (2,3), (9,3)?

A. 21.
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plot values we get 2 ∆ and a square ;area = 12+ 16 ; 28
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What is the area of a parallelogram with the coordinates: (5,7), (12,7 01 Jun 2021, 08:35
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Hey GMATNinja.

Can you please look into this one. I am getting 35 using distance formula .

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Hey GMATNinja.

Can you please look into this one. I am getting 35 using distance formula .

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It sounds like you might be assuming that the area of a parallelogram is just the product of two sides. That's true for a rectangle, but not for all parallelograms.

Try drawing the figure, and see if that helps you see what's going on? Hint: think about the height of the figure, or break it into a rectangle and a couple of triangles.

I hope that helps a bit!
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What is the area of a parallelogram with the coordinates: (5,7), (12,7 01 Jun 2021, 22:24
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Asked: What is the area of a parallelogram with the coordinates: (5,7), (12,7), (2,3), (9,3)?

Length of the parallelogram = 12-5 = 9-2 = 7
Height of the parallelogram = 7-3 = 4
Area of the parallelogram = 7*4 = 28

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Area of Parallelogram = Base * Height = 7*4 = 28 (B)
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