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Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are the vectors and .

Given, A parallelogram is given whose diagonal is and .

To Find: Find the area of the parallelogram


Explanation: A parallelogram is given whose diagonals are and


Let and





And,





Since Area of parallelogram=


(unit)2


Hence, The Area of a parallelogram is (unit)2


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