Write the formula, substitution, and solve. A parallelogram is being painted on the wall of a playroom. The parallelogram measures 8 meters in length and 5 meters in height. What is the area of the parallelogram?
To find the area of a parallelogram you multiply the base times the height, or the length times the height. This is why you multiply 5x8 to get 40. The substitution could be 5 x 8 = X
