Deriving the Formula for the Area of a Parallelogram
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The Demonstration shows a graphics derivation of formula for the area of the parallelogram given by points , , , and , namely . The area of triangle , , is . Since the expression could be negative, it gives the so-called signed area.
Contributed by: Izidor Hafner (April 2013)
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The expression is the determinant of the 2×2 matrix .
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