Area of a Parallelogram.

The area of a parallelogram is given by A = (base)(height).

Positioning the parallelogram so that the long side is down will not change the area.  If the long side were called the height--instead of the base, as depicted above--then interchanging the labels "base" and "height" gives the same result.

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Animations by Bettina Richmond and Tom Richmond. 
Tom.Richmond@wku.edu
Updated May 22, 2008.