Area of a parallelogram is computed as

• A. b plus h
• B. bh
• C. b times h times 2
• D. pi r^2

Answer: (B)

Area is found by multiplying the base length by the perpendicular height. The base is a chosen side, and the height is the distance between that base and the opposite side, measured perpendicularly. If you think about turning the parallelogram into a rectangle with the same base and height, you see the same amount of space covered, which is why the area equals base times height. For example, with base 6 units and height 4 units, the area is 24 square units. The other forms don’t match how area scales: adding base and height isn’t measuring space, doubling bh gives twice the area, and pi r^2 is the circle area formula.