The area of a parallelogram is its base times its height.
Step-by-step explanation:
Area is for 2 dimensional shapes. (Shapes with two dimensions in parallelograms they are often referred to as base times height, or length times width). Area is the space inside a two dimensional object, and to find this use the length and the height to find the space in the 2-D figure.
Side note: Volume is "the area of 3 dimensional figures". Three dimensions meaning Length, Width and Height. So there is no area for 3-D figures. (unless you are using Surface Area)
