SOLUTION: how is finding the area of a parallelogram similar to finding the are of a rectangle ?

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Question 565639: how is finding the area of a parallelogram similar to finding the are of a rectangle ?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how is finding the area of a parallelogram similar to finding the are of a rectangle ?
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For both, Area = (base)(height)
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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