The area of triangle ABC is 15 cm sq. If ΔABC and a parallelogram ABPD are on the same base and between the same parallel lines then what is the area of parallelogram ABPD.

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If a triangle and a parallelogram are on the same base and between the same parallel, then the area of parallelogram would be twice of area of triangle. Therefore, the area of parallelogram will be: 15cm^2×2=30cm^2

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