SOLUTION: A parallelogram has sides 8 and 12. The shorter altitude is 6. Find the length of the other altitude. I have tried finding the height but nothing has worked.

Question 195251: A parallelogram has sides 8 and 12. The shorter altitude is 6. Find the length of the other altitude.
I have tried finding the height but nothing has worked.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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The short height is given as 6.
The long height is equal to 12 (the longer side)
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