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Height is perpendicular to the base.

Find the area of the parallelogram.

Area uses the perpendicular height. The height is perpendicular to the base. A slanted side is a length of the boundary, not the height, unless the figure is a rectangle.

Problem 1 of 4. A short entry task, a model, guided examples, then a new independent try. Frames are optional.

A parallelogram has base 8, perpendicular height 5, and a slanted side of 6. What is the area?

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