The area of a parallelogram is 18 , and the lengths of its sides are 9.2 and 2 . Determine, to the nearest tenth of a degree, the measure of the acute angle of the parallelogram.Answer:
Q. The area of a parallelogram is 18 , and the lengths of its sides are 9.2 and 2 . Determine, to the nearest tenth of a degree, the measure of the acute angle of the parallelogram.Answer:
Area Formula: The area of a parallelogram is given by the formula A=b×h, where A is the area, b is the base, and h is the height. The height is the perpendicular distance from the base to the opposite side, which can be expressed as h=bA when the area and base are known.
Calculate Height: We know the area A=18 and one side length b=9.2. We can calculate the height h using the formula h=bA.h=9.218h=1.95652173913 (approximately)
Calculate Angle: The height we have found is the side length multiplied by the sine of the acute angle, since h=b×sin(θ). We can rearrange this to find the angle θ: θ=arcsin(bh).
Final Angle Calculation: We substitute the values we have into the formula to find θ.θ=arcsin(9.21.95652173913)θ=arcsin(0.21267434771)θ=12.3∘ (approximately, to the nearest tenth of a degree)
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