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Area of Triangles. Look at the following parallelogram. 13 cm. 12 cm. What is the area?. A = bh. 15 cm. A = 15 cm X 12 cm. A = 180 cm 2. Look at the same parallelogram. What happens when you divide the parallelogram in half diagonally?.
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Look at the following parallelogram. 13 cm 12 cm What is the area? A = bh 15 cm A = 15 cm X 12 cm A = 180 cm2
Look at the same parallelogram. What happens when you divide the parallelogram in half diagonally? How does the area of one of the triangles compare to the area of the parallelogram?
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