How to find the area of a parallelogram in pre-algebra - High School Math
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Find the area of a parallelogram with a height of 15 inches and a base of 10 inches.
Find the area of a parallelogram with a height of 15 inches and a base of 10 inches.
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is base times height, or 
.
A = b * h = 10 * 15 = 150
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is base times height, or
A = b * h = 10 * 15 = 150
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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
, where B is the base and H is the height.
Plug in the given values:
Plug in the given values:
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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
What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of 
and a height 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 
.
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
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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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A parallelogram has a base which is 
feet long and another side of 
feet. The height of the parallelogram is 
feet. What is the area of the parallelogram?
A parallelogram has a base which is
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is:
We know that that base of this parallelogram is 
feet and the height is 
feet. Thus, by this formula we have that:
feet squared.
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is:
We know that that base of this parallelogram is
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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 find the are of a parallelogram, use the equation:
Substitute the given values for base and height into the formula:
To find the are of a parallelogram, use the equation:
Substitute the given values for base and height into the formula:
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