Area of a Parallelogram - Co-ordinate Geometry

The students will compare the areas of 2 parallelograms, (with vertex (0,0)). Using this information they will come up with a formula for the area of a parallelogram using general co-ordinates (letters rather than numbers)

 

Tadhg Power

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
area  coordinate  formula  geometry  parallelogram 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English
 
 
GeoGebra version
5.0
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