Question

One side of a parrelogram is 18cm and its area is 153cm² find the distance the given side from its opposite sides

Answer 1

Answer:

The distance from the given side to the opposite side is 8.5 cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

 Side length of the parallelogram = 18 cm

 Area of the parallelogram = 153 cm²

To find out:

 The distance from the given side to the opposite side.

Solution:

 A parallelogram has 4 sides and the opposite sides are parallel and equal to each other. The area (A) of a parallelogram can be found by the following formula.

      A = bh

Where 'b' is any side that we are taking as a base and 'h' is the height to the opposite side or we can say that the distance between the opposite sides.

Here the base and area are given, we want to find the height. Therefore,

     $h= \dfrac{A}{b}$

By substituting,

     $h=\dfrac{153}{18}$

        = 8.5 cm

Hence the distance from the given side to the opposite side is 8.5 cm.