Is the Area of a Parallelogram found the same way as the area of a Rectangle?
More Investigation on Finding the Area of a Parallelogram.
Exploring the Maximum Area of a Rectangle given a Perimeter.
(A). Exploring the Maximum Area of a Rectangle given a Perimeter.
How is the length being determined? Describe the rectangle that has the maximum area.
(B). Tyler was trying to find the area of the parallelogram below. Move the slider to see how he did it.
(C). Elena was also trying to find the area of a parallelogram. Move the slider to see how she did it.
(1). How are the two strategies for finding the area of a parallelogram the same?
(2). How they are different?
Here are the areas of three parallelograms. Use them to find the missing length (labeled with a “?”) on each parallelogram. A: 10 square units, B: 21 square units, C: 25 square units.