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A garden 30 long and 20 wide has a 2 wide path running along the inside of its boundary (yellow). Gravel for the path costs ₹15 per . Find the cost.

Class 7Perimeter and AreaPerimeter and Area
  • A₹3240
  • B₹3000
  • C₹6240
  • D₹2760

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Lawn inside . Path . Cost .
Answer: D) ₹2760

Key idea: Parallelogram area

**Area of a parallelogram = base × height.**

Same idea as a rectangle, but the height is the perpendicular distance between the two parallel sides — NOT the slant length of the side. Pick any side as the base, drop a perpendicular to the opposite parallel side, measure that — that's the height.

Example: parallelogram with base 8 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Area = . The slant side could be longer; doesn't matter for area.

Perimeter of a parallelogram = 2 × (one side + adjacent side).

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