Question

The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 36cm and 27cm in length. if the perpendicular distance between the shorter sides is 12cm, find the distance between the longer sides.


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Answer 1

Answer:

9cm

Step-by-step explanation:

First calculate the area of the parallelogram (base x height)

taking the shorter side as base and the distance between them as height

area

= 12*27 = 324

then taking the larger side as the base and the distance between as y

area = 36*y

324 = 36*y

y = 324/36 = 9

hence the distance between the longer sides is 9cm

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