SOLUTION: a man found a lot that is in the shape of a parallelogram they find that the larger sides of the parallelogram are each 8 meters longer than the distance between them.The area of t
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Question 665637: a man found a lot that is in the shape of a parallelogram they find that the larger sides of the parallelogram are each 8 meters longer than the distance between them.The area of the lot is 48m^2 Find the length and the distance between the length. Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source):
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Let x+8 represent the longer sides and x be the shorter distance.
We know length times height is the area of a parallelogram.
(x+8)x=48
Multiply and subtract 8 to get:
x^2+8x-48=0
Factor:
(x-4)(x+12)=0
solve for x:
x=4
x=-12
4 is the only logical answer so:
measurements are:
4 meters
12 meters
Make sense?
RJ
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