Python Math: Calculate the area of a parallelogram

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4. Parallelogram Area Calculation

Write a Python program to calculate the area of a parallelogram.
Note: A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel (and therefore opposite angles equal). A quadrilateral with equal sides is called a rhombus, and a parallelogram whose angles are all right angles is called a rectangle.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

base = float(input('Length of base: '))
height = float(input('Measurement of height: '))
area = base * height
print("Area is: ", area)

Sample Output:

Length of base: 5                                                                                             
Measurement of height: 6                                                                                      
Area is:  30.0 

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For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a Python program to compute the area of a parallelogram given its base and height, and print the result with a descriptive message.
• Write a Python function that calculates the area of a parallelogram and then verifies the result by comparing it with the area of a rectangle with the same dimensions.
• Write a Python script to prompt the user for the base and height of a parallelogram, compute the area, and display the result using formatted output.
• Write a Python program that accepts multiple parallelogram dimensions, calculates each area, and then prints the largest and smallest areas from the inputs.

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