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An illustration shows a parallelogram with bottom side as 14 inches. A perpendicular dotted line from the bottom right vertex to the top side is 3 inches. The perpendicular line is denoted by two right angle symbols.

What is the area of the quadrilateral?

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in.2

1 answer

The area of the quadrilateral can be calculated by taking the base (14 inches) and multiplying it by the perpendicular height (3 inches), then dividing by 2 since the quadrilateral is composed of two triangles.

Area = (14 * 3) / 2
Area = 42 / 2
Area = 21 square inches

So, the area of the quadrilateral is 21 square inches.