SOLUTION: Why must the base and height of a parallelogram intersect at a right angle?

Question 983921: Why must the base and height of a parallelogram intersect at a right angle?
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Why must the base and height of a parallelogram intersect at a right angle?
The altitude (or height) of a parallelogram is the distance (perpendicular line segments form degree angle, or perpendicular lines- means lines that form right angles) from the base to the opposite side (which may have to be extended).
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