SOLUTION: I really need help on this here are the questions A parallelogram has a length that is 5 less than its height. If the area of the parallelogram is 14 square units, what is its hei

SOLUTION: I really need help on this here are the questions A parallelogram has a length that is 5 less than its height. If the area of the parallelogram is 14 square units, what is its hei

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A parallelogram has a length that is 5 less than its height. If the area of the parallelogram is 14 square units, what is its height?

Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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a=b*h
14=(h-5*)h
h^2-5h-14=0
(h-7)*(h+2)=0
h=7 h=-2
l=7-5=2

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