Question

The area of the parallelogram below is ____ square meters.

A parallelogram with height labeled with 7 meters. The top horizontal side is labeled 9 meters. The base of the left triangle formed by the height is 2 meters.

Answer 1

63 m²

Explanation:

The area of a parallelogram is given by the formula ...

A = bh . . . . . . the product of base length and height

Filling in the given values, ...

A = (9 m)(7 m) = 63 m²

The area of the parallelogram is 63 square meters.

__

Additional comment

The area of any figure with a uniform cross section is the product of the length of that cross section and the "height" measured perpendicular to it. This same formula applies to rectangles, parallelograms, or any other figure with parallel sides, regardless of the shape of those sides.