SOLUTION: the area of a parallelogram is 60ft squared. the height is 5ft. how long is the base?

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Question 184319: the area of a parallelogram is 60ft squared. the height is 5ft. how long is the base?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the area of a parallelogram is 60ft squared. the height is 5ft. how long is the base?
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Area = base times height
60 = base*5
base = 12 feet

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The area of a parallelogram is given by




where b is the measure of the base and h is the measure of the height. So if your area is 60 and your height is 5, then

.

Just solve for b

John


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