Question

The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 15cm and 8cm. If the distance between the longer sides is 4cm, find the distance between the shorter sides.

Answer 1

Given bigger side as base =15cm
smaller side as base=8cm
distance (height) between the longer
side =4cm
=15×4=60
area of parallelogram =
$60cm {}^{2}$
area of parallelogram =base(8cm) ×height
60=8×height

height=60/8=15/2=7.5cm, hence the distance between the shorter side is 7.5 cm

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