Question

which measurements is closet to the area of the parallelogram in square centimeters

Answer 1

Recall that the area of a parallelogram is given by

$A=b\cdot h$

Where b is the base and h is the height of the parallelogram.

From the given figure, we see that

Base = 4.25 cm

Height = 2 cm

Let us substitute these values into the above formula

$\begin{gathered} A=b\cdot h \\ A=4.25\cdot2 \\ A=8.5\: cm^2 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the area of the parallelogram is 8.5 square cm.