ABCDEF is made of two equal sized parallelograms BAFE and BCDE. Find area of the shape if the length of the base and altitude of ABFE are 10 cm and 5 cm respectively.

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Solution

The correct option is C
100

Base = 10 cm

Height = 5 cm

Area of parallelogram BAFE = base $\times$ height = 50 $c m^{2}$ = Area of parallelogram BCDE

Area of the shape = Area of parallelogram BAFE + Area of parallelogram BCDE

= 50 + 50 = 100 $c m^{2}$

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ABCDEF is made of two equal sized parallelograms BAFE and BCDE. Find area of the shape if the length of the base and altitude of ABFE are 10 cm and 5 cm respectively.

The correct option is C 100 Base = 10 cm Height = 5 cm Area of parallelogram BAFE = base × height = 50 cm2 = Area of parallelogram BCDE Area of the shape = Area of parallelogram BAFE + Area of parallelogram BCDE = 50 + 50 = 100 cm2

The correct option is C
100

Base = 10 cm

Height = 5 cm

Area of parallelogram BAFE = base $\times$ height = 50 $c m^{2}$ = Area of parallelogram BCDE

Area of the shape = Area of parallelogram BAFE + Area of parallelogram BCDE

= 50 + 50 = 100 $c m^{2}$