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∙ 5y agoThe shortest distance from the given information will be its height
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∙ 5y agoThe shortest distance is the perpendicular height.
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The area of a parallelogram (even with unequal adjacent sides) is still the base times the height. But the height is not the length of a side but the distance (at right angles to the base) between the base and the side parallel to it.
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base*height
Area of a parallelogram = base * height = 6.5 * 1.5 = 9.75 square units.
Altitude is the math term that most people call height. The altitude is always perpendicular to base. The altitude of a triangle is the distance from one side (or an extension of that side) to the opposite vertex. The altitude of a parallelogram or trapezoid is the distance from one side (or an extension of that side) to the opposite side. Since the altitude must be perpendicular to the base, it is the term used for figures which do not have a right angle. Right triangles, squares, and rectangles, which have a right angle, do not require an altitude because the height is one of the sides of the figure.
It is the perpendicular distance.
Its height.
As small as you like. Infinitesimally small.
height x base length. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the length of the base times the shortest distance to the opposite side.
The area of a parallelogram is equal to the length of the base times the shortest distance to the opposite side.
The base of a parallelogram is parallel to its opposite side.
the perpendicular distance from the base of a quadrilateral to the opposite side?
Assuming that you are asking about the formula for the AREA of a parallelogram (there is no formula for a parallelogram), A = bh where A is the "area", b is the length of any side (called a "base"), and h is the "height" measured perpendicular from that base to the opposite side.
base x height = Area bxh=A Height is the distance directly from base to base, not the side length.
area = 1/2 x base x height The base of the triangle is any side (usually one horizontal at the bottom) and the height is the shortest distance from this side to the opposite vertex. The shortest distance is when a line drawn from the vertex meets the side at 90o (the perpendicular distance).
A parallelogram has 2 sets of parallel sides. The opposite sides are equal in length and opposite angles are equal. Examples of parallelograms are squares, rectangles and rhombuses. You can find the perimeter of a parallelogram by doubling the base+side length.
Opposite sides are equal in length and opposite angles are equal in measure. To find the area of a parallelogram, multiply the base by the height. The formula is: A = B * H where B is the base, H is the height, and * means multiply.