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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale
In the above diagram,
Give the area of the parallelogram.
The area of a parallelogram is its base multiplied by its height - represented by and here:
Note that the value of is irrelevant.
Example Question #91 : Quadrilaterals
A given parallelogram has a base in length, a height in length, and a side of length opposite the height. What is the area of the parallelogram?
The formula for the area of a parallelogram is , with base and height represented by and , respectively. Substituting values from the question:
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram
A parallelogram has a height of in length, a side of length opposite the height, and a base of . What is the area of the parallelogram?
Given base and height , .
Substituting the values from our question:
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram
A parallelogram has a base of length , a height of length , and a side of length . What is the area of the parallelogram?
Given base and height , .
Substituting the values from our question:
Example Question #5 : How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram
Find the area of a parallelogram with a height of , a base of , and a side length of .
The area of a parallelogram with height and base can be found with the equation . Consequently:
Example Question #354 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
Find the area of a parallelogram with a height of , base of , and a side length of .
The area of a parallelogram with height and base can be found with the equation . Consequently:
Example Question #92 : Quadrilaterals
Find the area of the following parallelogram:
Note: The formula for the area of a parallelogram is .
The base of the parallelogram is 10, while the height is 5.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram
Find the area:
The area of a parallelogram can be determined using the following equation:
Therefore,
Example Question #93 : Quadrilaterals
Find the area of the given parallelogram if .
In order to find the area of a parallelogram, we need to find the product of the base length and height.
Notice that only two of the given values were needed to slove this problem.
Example Question #361 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
Find the perimeter of the given parallelogram if
16
18
14
12
18
In order to find the perimeter, we find the sum of the OUTER sides:
Notice that we didn't use the height in our calculation.
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