Questions: Find the area of the parallelogram. Then find the area of 1 triangle.
What is the area of the parallelogram?
The area of the parallelogram is square units.
Transcript text: Find the area of the parallelogram. Then find the area of 1 triangle.
What is the area of the parallelogram?
The area of the parallelogram is $\square$ square units.
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Find the base and height of the parallelogram.
The base of the parallelogram is 2 units. The height of the parallelogram is 5 units.
Step 2: Calculate the area of the parallelogram.
Area of a parallelogram = base * height = 2 * 5 = 10 square units.
Step 3: Calculate the area of one triangle.
The parallelogram is made up of two congruent triangles. Therefore, the area of one triangle is half the area of the parallelogram.
Area of one triangle = (1/2) * area of parallelogram = (1/2) * 10 = 5 square units.