To find the area of a parallelogram multiply the base by the height. Locate the height of the parallelogram. We can now plug in our problems values for a b and c get the area of triangle DADO and then multiply by 4 to get the area of the parallelogram.
How to calculate the area of a parallelogram.
A parallelogram consists of two sets of. A rectangle and a parallelogram have similar properties and therefore the area of a parallelogram is equal to the area of a rectangle. BeginaligntextSide PQ 5text unitstext Corresponding height ST 4text unitsendalign beginalignedtextSide x height ST 5 times 4 02cm 20 units2endaligned The area of a parallelogram is base times altitude. By the side and base The first way to calculate the area of a parallelogram is associated with one of the simplest shapes - a rectangle.