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Jennifer wants to find the area of a parallelogram.

She decomposes the parallelogram and rearranges


the parts to form a rectangle of equal area, as shown below.


Which equation can be used to find


the area of the parallelogram? show work and evidence pls and ty





6(3.6) = 21.6 cm2



2(3.6) + 2(6) = 19.2 cm2



6(3 + .63) = 39.6 cm2



6(3) = 18 cm2

Jennifer wants to find the area of a parallelogram. She decomposes the parallelogram-example-1

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6(3) = 18 cm²

Explanation:

area of parallelogram : base * height

Here:

  • base: 6 cm
  • height: 3 cm

area of parallelogram:

6 * 3

18 cm²

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