Why must you use the HEIGHT of the parallelogram, NOT the length of the slanted side of the parallelogram, to determine its area?

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Bhavani Kannan · Answer 1 · 2022-01-11T02:20:05+0000

The area of a parallelogram is base times height because it can be rearranged into a rectangle with the same area. A rectangle is a special type of parallelogram.

Why must you use the HEIGHT of the parallelogram, NOT the length of the slanted side of the parallelogram, to determine its area?

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