Question

School: Practice & Problem Solving 7.1.PS-18 Question Help A rectangle and a parallelogram have the same base and the same height. How are their areas related? Provide an example to justify your answer The areas equal. A rectangle has dimensions 5 m by 7 m, so its area is m² A parallelogram with a base of 5 m and a height of 7 m has an area of (Type whole numbers.)

Answer 1

The image shown below shows the relationship between areas of rectangle and parallelogram

It can be seen that the areas are equal when they have the same sides or dimension

A rectangle has dimensions 5 m by 7 m, so its area is 5m x 7m = 35m²

A parallelogram with a base of 5 m and a height of 7 m has an area of 5m x 7m = 35m²