SOLUTION: the area of a parallellogram is 123cm2.Had the base been reduced by 4 Cm the area would have been less by 32 cm2.find the original base of the parallelogram

Question 981449: the area of a parallellogram is 123cm2.Had the base been reduced by 4 Cm the area would have been less by 32 cm2.find the original base of the parallelogram
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b, base of the parallelogram
h, height of the parallelogram

You can solve for both variables.

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Start of the process:

and because you already know bh,

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