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urban marlinBOT Aug 22, 2024, 4:41 PM

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rich crater Aug 22, 2024, 4:54 PM

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@warped oriole In this case, h is the height of the parallelograms (with the base being the shorter side of the parralelograms). You know both side lengths of the parallelogram, what's a theorem you could use to find h?

rich crater Aug 22, 2024, 5:38 PM

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Not allowed to use the Pythagorean Theorem?

sour charm Aug 22, 2024, 7:03 PM

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Who doenst allow the pythagorean theorem bro wha

rough tusk Aug 22, 2024, 7:48 PM

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Oh boy, this is stupid.

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So what you wanna look at is the diagonal of the entire thing. Can you say something about it's length?

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And what does that length imply?

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Can you find a different shape in the entire object (including the center) with the same geometric features?

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And finally, can you choose it in such a way that it includes h?

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@warped oriole I'd draw you a picture of what I mean, but I'll have to search some paper first. ||ain't much of that on trains||

thorn sluice Aug 22, 2024, 10:11 PM

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Use paralleogram area

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The formula for the paralleogram area is base*height

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The areas of all the paralleograms in the figure are equal

thorn sluice Aug 23, 2024, 8:06 AM

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Can't u just use the paralleogram area

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Or is that also not allowed

thorn sluice Aug 24, 2024, 1:16 PM

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Find the area of one of the four identical paralleograms

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Then find the perpendicular height of the base of length 4

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And thats h

thorn sluice Aug 24, 2024, 1:59 PM

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The perpendicular height of the paralleogram at the base 6 is 2 right?

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So then what is the perpendicular height at the base 4

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The area of the paralleogram = base*height

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Yes

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So first you find the area of the paralleogram which is?

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Mhm

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And that's h

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Ok

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Just because all the side lengths are equal doesn't mean it's a square

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I think you mean a rhombus

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