SOLUTION: The area of a parallelogram is 'p' sq. cm an its height is 'q' cm . A second parallelogram has equal area but its base is ‘r’ cm more than that of the first. Obtain an expression

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Question 1033770: The area of a parallelogram is 'p' sq. cm an its height is 'q' cm . A second parallelogram has equal area but its base is ‘r’ cm more than that of the first. Obtain an expression in terms of p.q.r for the height ‘h’ of the second parallelogram
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the area of the first parallelogram is p and its height is q, then its base is p%2Fq. The second parallelogram has the same area p. Its base then will be p%2Fq+%2B+r, by hypothesis. Hence its height will be
p%2F%28+p%2Fq+%2B+r+++%29++=+%28pq%29%2F%28p%2Bqr%29 cm.