im told the formula for area is (base x height), but a parallelogram is just a tipped over rectangle, why is (lenght x width) not work?

can you draw a picture of a parallelogram to describe what you think is the difference? label base, height, length, width.

the area is the same formula. the base x height for rectangles as well.





This post was edited by carteblanche on Jun 12 2015 06:46am

thats supposed to be a broken/dotted line lol

so 3.7x6 is right? doesnt it have the same area if you stood it up to make a 4x6 rectangle?

This post was edited by dude_927 on Jun 12 2015 06:53am

yeah width * height
height is not the side length

to answer your other question, picture the same parallelogram much more exaggerated (with it skewed where the whole thing is almost flat - > a line)

If you've found the height correctly, then yes it is 6 x 3,7.