Question

The longer side of a parallelogram is 18cm long and the corresponding altitude is 12cm .If the shorter side is 9cm long, find the corresponding altitude.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the altitude corresponding to the shorter side be x.

Area of the parallelogram = base × height.

We have

81×16=24×x

x=  

24

81×16

​  

=54 cm

∴ altitude corresponding to shorter side =54 cm