Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
In the following figure, find the area of parallelogram ABCD if the area of shaded triangle is 9 cm2.

Advertisements
Solution
Given, area of shaded triangle = 9 cm2
And base of the triangle = 3 cm
∵ Area of a triangle = `1/2` × Base × Height
⇒ `9 = 1/2 xx 3 xx h`
⇒ `18/3 = h`
⇒ h = 6 cm
∴ Area of parallelogram = Height × Base of parallelogram
= 6 × (3 + 4)
= 6 × 7
= 42 cm2
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Find the area of the following parallelogram:

Find the missing value:
| Base | Height | Area of parallelogram |
| 20 cm | ______ | 246 cm2 |
A parallelogram has sides of 20 cm and 30 cm. If the distance between its shorter sides is 15 cm; find the distance between the longer sides.
What happens to the area of the parallelogram if the base is increased 2 times and the height is halved?
In a parallelogram the base is three times its height. If the height is 8 cm then the area is
Find the area of the parallelogram ABCD if AC is 24 cm and BE = DF = 8 cm
Ratio of area of ∆MNO to the area of parallelogram MNOP in the same figure is ______.

In the following figure, EFGH is a parallelogram, altitudes FK and FI are 8 cm and 4 cm respectively. If EF = 10 cm, then area of EFGH is ______.

If the sides of a parallelogram are increased to twice its original lengths, how much will the perimeter of the new parallelogram?
Perimeter of a parallelogram shaped land is 96 m and its area is 270 square metres. If one of the sides of this parallelogram is 18 m, find the length of the other side. Also, find the lengths of altitudes l and m (see figure).

