Patty made a name tag in the shape of a parallelogram. Reilly made a rectangular name tag with the same base
and height. Explain how the areas of the name tags
compare.

A parallelogram can be transformed into a rectangle with the same base and height. So, the area of a parallelogram and a rectangle with the same base and height will have the same area. Both shapes use the formula A = bh to find the area