How to find the area of a parallelogram in pre-algebra

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What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of and a height of ?

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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 ?

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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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What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of and a height of ?

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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 .

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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?

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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.

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Find the area of a parallelogram with a height of 15 inches and a base of 10 inches.

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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 ?

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, where B is the base and H is the height.

Plug in the given values: