Problem 5.3

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Problem 5.3

• Draw two different nonrectangular parallelograms
  on a sheet of grid paper, and cut them out. Cut
  one of your parallelograms into two pieces so
  that the pieces can be reassembled to form a
  rectangle. Do the same for the second
  parallelogram. Use one of your parallelograms to
  complete parts A-C.

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Part A

• Record the base, height, perimeter, and area of
  the original parallelogram.

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Part B

• Record the length, width, perimeter, and area of
  the rectangle you made from the parallelogram
  pieces.

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Part C

• What relationships do you see between the
  measures for the rectangle and he measures for
  the parallelogram from which it was made?

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Follow-up

• Use what you have learned to find the area and
  perimeter of the parallelogram on page 50.