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Angles in a parallelogram

How do you find angles in a parallelogram with only the side lengths?
Could you post a picture of the question? If you’ve been given the vertical height then you can use SOHCAHTOA (trigonometry) to find one of the angles - then for a parallelogram opposite angles are equal and the angles will add up to 360 degrees
Original post by laurawatt
Could you post a picture of the question? If you’ve been given the vertical height then you can use SOHCAHTOA (trigonometry) to find one of the angles - then for a parallelogram opposite angles are equal and the angles will add up to 360 degrees

I have not been given the vertical height. Parallelogram is ABCD. AB = 10cm. BC = 6cm
Original post by student01room
I have not been given the vertical height. Parallelogram is ABCD. AB = 10cm. BC = 6cm


With just that information, the angle could be anything; which is why an image of the question would useful.
Original post by student01room
I have not been given the vertical height. Parallelogram is ABCD. AB = 10cm. BC = 6cm

Given this, and knowing a parallelogram has 2 equal parallel sides, you could say that AB = CD.
This is only if AB and CD are parallel.
(edited 3 years ago)

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