To work out the area of a parallelogram: Identify the base and the perpendicular close perpendicularPerpendicular lines are at 90° (right angles) to each other. height of the parallelogram close ...

The area of one triangle is half of the parallelogram, this is ½ × base × perpendicular height. The formula can be written in equivalent forms, 𝑨 = ½ 𝒃𝒉 and 𝑨 = ᵇʰ⁄₂.