Post on 12-Jan-2015
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Which of the following areas are you trying to find?
Parallelogram Triangle Trapezoid
AREAS OF POLYGONS
AREA OF A PARALLELOGRAM
Welcome. Today you’re going to discover the formula for area of a parallelogram.
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To do this let’s cut the left triangle and…
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slide it…
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slide it…
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slide it…
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slide it…
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…thus, changing it to a rectangle.
What is the area of the rectangle?
AREA OF PARALLELOGRAM
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Since the area of the rectangle and parallelogram are the same, just rearranged, what is the formula for the
area of this parallelogram?
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bhA hbA bhA 2
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The next slide will take you into discovering the
area of a triangle.
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Hello. You will now be discovering the formula for area of a triangle.h
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Let’s divide the triangle so that we divide the
height in two.
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Now take the top and rotate…
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Remember, we divided the height into two equal
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rotate…
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rotate…
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rotate…
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rotate…
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rotate…
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…until you have a parallelogram.
How would you represent the height of this parallelogram?
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Remember, you divided the height in two.
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What is the area of this parallelogram?
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The area of this triangle would be the same as the parallelogram. Therefore, the formula for the area of a triangle is… what?h
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bhA hbA 21 bhA 2
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