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Investigation:
1) Move point F describe what changes and what does not change about the parallelogram.
2) What conjecture can you make about the formula for area for a parallelogram?
(use the hint slider for help)
3)Test the conjecture from question 2 with 5 different base and height combinations, record your results.

 

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