SOLUTION: in a parallelogram with area of 40, a side is 3 less than the altitude drawn to that side. find the altitude of the parallelogram.

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Question 553171: in a parallelogram with area of 40, a side is 3 less than the altitude drawn to that side. find the altitude of the parallelogram.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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The area of a parallelogram is the measure of the altitude times the measure of the side to which the altitude is drawn, so:



So solve



for the positive root.

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