Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are :
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Given two diagonals of a parallelogram are
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Let
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Recall the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are given by the two vectors
and
is
where

Here, we have (a1, a2, a3) = (3, 4, 0) and (b1, b2, b3) = (1, 1, 1)

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Recall the magnitude of the vector
is
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Now, we find
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Thus, the area of the parallelogram is
square units.