SOLUTION: PPS 48: A parallelogram of area 78 square units has one side of length 12. Find the length of an altitude to that side.

Question 79717: PPS
48: A parallelogram of area 78 square units has one side of length 12. Find the length of an altitude to that side.
Answer by nilan(17) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the area of parallelogram is given by
where l is the length of one side and h is the length of altitude to that side
Let h as length of an altitude to that side
then

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