Question

Find the area of a parallelogram if a base and corresponding altitude have the indicated lengths. Base 8 inches, altitude 4 inches.

Answer 1

You would find the area of a parallelogram the same as you would a rectangle. The formula for this is base * height (or altitude). So you would do 8 inches * 4 inches. The answer is 32 inches^2. Your parallelogram has an area of 32 inches^2.

Answer 2

Answer: The area of the parallelogram is 32 square inches.

Step-by-step explanation: We are given to find the area of a parallelogram whose base is of length 8 inches and altitude is of length 4 inches.

The area of a parallelogram having base of length 'b' units and altitude 'h; units is given by the formula:

A = b × h.

In the given parallelogram, we have

base, b = 8 inches

and

altitude, h = 4 inches.

Therefore, area of the parallelogram will be

A = b × h = 8 × 4 = 32 square inches.

Thus, the area f the parallelogram is 32 square inches.