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The figure ABCD is a quadrilateral in which AB= CD and BC=AD. Its area is
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72cm2
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36cm2
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24cm2
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18cm2
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Solution

The correct option is B 36cm2
As the given qudailateral ABCD is a parallelogram, the diagonal AC of the given parallelogram ABCD divides it into two triangles of equal areas
Area of ABC= 12×base×height
= 12×12×3 = 18cm2
Therefore, area of the parallelogram ABCD = 2×AreaofABC= 2\times 18 = 36cm2

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