Calculate Parallelogram Area: Square with 15cm Sides and 60% Reduction

ABCD is a square whose length of its sides is 15 cm

ABEF is a parallelogram

AK is smaller by 60% of the side of the square
What is the area of the parallelogram ABFE?

AAABBBCCCDDDFFFEEEKKK

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00:00 Find the area of parallelogram ABEF
00:03 Side AK is the height of the parallelogram
00:11 The ratio of sides according to the given data
00:18 Substitute appropriate value for the side to find the height
00:28 To find the area of the parallelogram, multiply the height(AK) by side (AB)
00:39 Substitute appropriate values and solve to find the area
00:43 And this is the solution to the question

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ABCD is a square whose length of its sides is 15 cm

ABEF is a parallelogram

AK is smaller by 60% of the side of the square
What is the area of the parallelogram ABFE?

AAABBBCCCDDDFFFEEEKKK

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90 cm²

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A parallelogram has a length equal to 6 cm and a height equal to 4.5 cm.

Calculate the area of the parallelogram.

6664.54.54.5

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