Question

The height of a parallelogram is one -third of its base.If the area of the parallelogram is 108 cm squareb. Find its base and height

Answer 1

let the height be x

base = 3x

area of parallelogram = b*h

108 cm²= x*3x

108cm² = 3x²

108/3. =x²

36 = x²

x=. 6cm

base 3*6 =18cm