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5-91.

Find the area of each parallelogram below. Show all of your work. Use the Math Notes box in this lesson if you need help.

If you were to cut the figure along the dotted line, can you rearrange the shape to form a rectangle?

  1. A parallelogram, slanted right, with bottom side, labeled 5 meters. A right triangle is created by a line segment of 14 m, drawn from the top left vertex, to the bottom side, at a 90 degree angle to the bottom.

The area of the parallelogram is equal to the product of its base ( m) and its height ( m).

  1. A parallelogram, slanted right, with bottom side, labeled 17 in. A right triangle is created by a line segment of 8 in, drawn from the top left vertex, to the bottom side, at a 90 degree angle to the bottom.

If you rotate the figure in part (b), you will see that the base is in. and the height is in.

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