Question 1033595
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 {{{A = 3*(3/2) cm^2 }}}= 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.