SOLUTION: a paralelogram has sides 8 and 12 the shorter altitude is 6. Find the length of the longer altitude.

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Question 417983: a paralelogram has sides 8 and 12 the shorter altitude is 6. Find the length of the longer altitude.
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The area of parallelogram side 12 and altitude 6 is: A=12(6)= 72. (shorter altitude). The area of the same parallelogram with the longer altitude is: A=8(x).
Since A=72 we write: 72=8x: x=9. The length of the longer altitude is 9.