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Example Question #2 : Parallelograms
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.
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.
Example Question #3 : Parallelograms
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
.Example Question #3 : Parallelograms
Find the area of the following parallelogram:
Cannot be determined from the given information.
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:
Example Question #182 : Geometry
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:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A 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: