what's the formula for finding the area of a parallelogram

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toyiabatt

Feb 6, 2012, 12:33 PM

What's the formula for finding the area of a parallelogram

jcaron2

Feb 6, 2012, 01:02 PM

It's simply base*height.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/images/area/parallel.gif

Note that the height, h, is not the same as the length of the sides (unless the parallelogram happens to be a rectangle). It's the vertical component of that length.