document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1150246>Question 1150246</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The perimeter of a parallelogram is 22cm and its area is 24 square cm. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What are the lengths of its sides?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This was a question posed to my son for his grade 7 math homework. This is supposed to be for a single parallelogram, not two. After struggling with this, I determined this is not possible to have these measurements for the same singular shape.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The dimensions could work out if the short side is 3cm and the long side is 8cm, for two separate parallelograms, but not one singular parallelogram.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please tell me if I am right or wrong.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the given conditions, &nbsp;the sides of a parallelogram &nbsp;CAN &nbsp;NOT &nbsp;be determined by an unique way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are &nbsp;INFINITELY &nbsp;MANY &nbsp;possible solutions/answers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the shape is a &nbsp;RECTANGLE, &nbsp;then the unique answer is possible: &nbsp;8 cm and 3 cm.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For parallelogram, &nbsp;there is no a unique answer.  &nbsp;There are infinitely many possible configurations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As the problem was given, &nbsp;it is a &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>F A K E</U> &nbsp;&nbsp;problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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