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A parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal length is known as an oblique parallelogram. In this type of parallelogram, the opposite sides are still parallel and equal in length, but the adjacent sides are not. The angles between the unequal sides are also not right angles, making it different from a rectangle or square. The area of an oblique parallelogram can be calculated using the formula: base x height.
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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.