SOLUTION: the sides of a parallelogram are 3cm and 2cm and the distance between the two longer sides is 3/2cm . find the distance between the shorter sides
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Question 1033595: the sides of a parallelogram are 3cm and 2cm and the distance between the two longer sides is 3/2cm . find the distance between the shorter sides Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The area of the parallelogram is given by A = bh. Given that the distance between the two longer sides is 3/2 = 1.5 cm, we get = 4.5 sq.cm.
Express the area of the parallelogram using the shorter side as base.
==> 4.5 sq.cm. = 2h ==> h = 2.25 cm.
Therefore the distance between the two shorter sides is 2.25 cm.
