Jasmine has a piece of ceramic tile that is shaped as a parallelogram. what is the area of this parallelogram?
96 in²
288 in²
352 in²
384 in²

⓵ To calculate the area of a parallelogram, the formula is base times height, just like the formula for the area of a rectangle! Why? Because if you look closely, every parallelogram can be made into a rectangle just by moving one of the triangle parts of it.

⓶ Now that we know that the formula to calculate the area of a parallelogram is :
A = b × h

You need to find the numbers to replace the base and the height in the formula!

We already know that the height is : 12 in.

So we are left with a formula looking like this :

A = b × 12 in.

⓷ Now we need to find the base! To do so, you need to add the height of the rectangle (which is 8 in.) to the height of one of the triangle (which is 16 in.) :

8 in. + 16 in. = b

↓

8 in. + 16 in. = 24 in.

↓

24 in. = b

So we are left with a formula looking like this:

A = 24 in. × 12 in.

⓸ All there’s left to do now, is calculate the area of the parallelogram using the formula :

A = 24 in. × 12 in.

↓

24 in. × 12 in. = 288 in.²

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A = 288 in.²

So your final answer is : the area of this parallelogram is ↠ 288 in.²

I really hope this helped, if there’s anything just let me know! ☻