Chapter 11.1, Problem 1ACYP

To determine

To calculate: The perimeter and area of the given parallelogram.

Answer to Problem 1ACYP

The perimeter is $P=76cm$ and the area of the given parallelogram is $A=315c{m}^2$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information: From the given figure it can be observed that in the parallelogram $l=17cm,b=21cm,b_1=8cm$ .

Formula used:

The Perimeter and area of a parallelogram is given by

  $\begin{array}{l}P=2\left(l+b\right)\\ A=b\times h\\ b\text{is}\text{the}\text{base}\text{of}\text{the}\text{parallelogram}\text{.}\\ l\text{is}\text{the}\text{side}\text{adjacent}\text{to}\text{the}\text{base}\left(b\right)\text{of}\text{the}\text{parallelogram}\text{.}\\ h\text{is}\text{the}\text{height}\text{of}\text{the}\text{parallelogram}\text{.}\end{array}$

Calculation:

The given information is

  $l=17cm,b=21cm,b_1=8cm$

Also to find the height of the parallelogram, $\text{Consider}\text{the}\text{Δ}\text{inscribed}\text{in}\text{Parallelogram}\text{.}$

  $\begin{array}{c}{\text{(Height)}}^{\text{2}}+{\text{8}}^{\text{2}}\text{=}{\text{17}}^{\text{2}}\mathrm{.........}\text{(Pythagoras}\text{Theorem}\text{of}\text{Right}\text{Angle}\text{Δ)}\\ $ {(h)}^2={17}^2-8^2$h=\sqrt{\left(289-64\right)}\\ h=\sqrt{225}=15cm\end{array}$

Then the perimeter of the parallelogram is

  $\begin{array}{c}P=2\times (l+b)\\ P=2\times (17+21)\\ =2\times (38)\\ P=76cm\end{array}$

And the area of the parallelogram is

  $\begin{array}{c}A=b\times h\\ \text{=21×15}\\ A=315c{m}^2\end{array}$

Therefore the perimeter is $P=76cm$ and the area of the given parallelogram is $A=315c{m}^2$ .