Question

A parallelogram has a base of 16 centimeters and a height of 12 centimeters. What is the area of the parallelogram?

I think it's 192, am I correct?

Answer 1

Correct (192)

Explanation:

The formula for a parallelogram's area is just base times height. 16x12 is equal to 192, so you are correct.

Answer 2

A parallelogram can be:

• The square, which has all its sides of equal length, and all its angles are right angles.
• The rhombus, which has all sides of equal length, and only two pairs of congruent angles.
• The rectangle, which has only its opposite sides of equal length, and all its angles are right angles.

Therefore we calculate the rectangle of a square, which is a parallelogram.

To start solving, we obtain the following data:

• Area = 16cm
• Height = 12cm
• Area = ? ===> (It is the result that we are going to obtain)

The formula to calculate the area is:

`\bf{a=b*h }`

To calculate the area, multiply the base by the height (which is represented in "h")

We clear formula, calculate the area:

`\bf{A=(16 \ cm)(12 \ cm) \ \ \ ==== > \ Multiply }`

`\bf{A=192 \ cm^(2) }`

Answer: The area of the parallelogram is 192 cm2. So if you're right, it was a rectangle.