Question 1150246
The perimeter of a parallelogram is 22cm and its area is 24 square cm. 
What are the lengths of its sides?

This was a question posed to my son for his grade 7 math homework. This is supposed to be for a single parallelogram, not two. After struggling with this, I determined this is not possible to have these measurements for the same singular shape.
The dimensions could work out if the short side is 3cm and the long side is 8cm, for two separate parallelograms, but not one singular parallelogram.
Please tell me if I am right or wrong.
Thanks.
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It's a rectangle, which is still a parallelogram.
The sides are 3 and 8.
Perimeter = 2W + 2L = 22
Area = 3*8 = 24
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The rectangle is the only solution.
The p'gram with the minimum perimeter for a given are is a rectangle.
No other parallelograms fit.
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You have 2 different answers.
Post the problem again with my comments, unless Ikleyn responds.
She's wrong about this one.