The formulas for finding the area of a square and a parallelogram are the same because squares can be made into parallelograms and vice versa if they are rearranged. The base of a parallelogram is equal to the length of a square and the height is the same as the width.
On the map I chose, the length of Tennessee was roughly 125 mi wide by 460 miles in length; Which would make the area 57,500 square miles.
Though the actual dimensions of Tennessee are -roughly- 120 mi wide by 440 mi in length. That makes the area of Tennessee 42,169 square miles.
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