How to find the area of a parallelogram - High School Math
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What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of 
and a height of 
?
What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of
To solve this question you must know the formula for the area of a parallelogram.
In this equation, 
is the length of the base and 
is the length of the height. We can plug in the side length for both base and height, as given in the question.
To solve this question you must know the formula for the area of a parallelogram.
In this equation,
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What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of 
and a height of 
?
What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of
To solve this question you must know the formula for the area of a parallelogram.
The formula is
So we can plug in the side length for both base and height to yield 
Perform the multiplication to arrive at the answer of 
.
To solve this question you must know the formula for the area of a parallelogram.
The formula is
So we can plug in the side length for both base and height to yield
Perform the multiplication to arrive at the answer of
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Find the area of the following parallelogram:
Find the area of the following parallelogram:
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is:
,
where 
is the length of the base and 
is the length of the height.
In order to the find the height of the parallelogram, use the formula for a 
triangle:
, where 
is the side opposite the 
.
The left side of the parallelogram forms the following triangle:
, where 
is the length of the height.
Plugging in our values, we get:
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is:
where
In order to the find the height of the parallelogram, use the formula for a
The left side of the parallelogram forms the following
Plugging in our values, we get:
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Find the area of the following parallelogram:
Find the area of the following parallelogram:
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the length of the diagonal:
The area of the parallelogram is twice the area of the right triangles:
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the length of the diagonal:
The area of the parallelogram is twice the area of the right triangles:
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Find the area of the following parallelogram:
Find the area of the following parallelogram:
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is
.
Use the formula for a 
triangle to find the length of the height:
Plugging in our values, we get:
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is
Use the formula for a
Plugging in our values, we get:
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