The perimeter of a parallelogram is 60 CM and the ratio of it's adjacent sides is 3:2. If the altitude to the longer side of the parallelogram is 5 cm, find the area of the parallelogram and the altitude corresponding to the smaller side.
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In a parallelogram opposite sides are equal.
ratio of adjacent sides=2:3
let the common ratio be v
perimeter =sum of all sides= 2v +2v+3v+3v=60cm
10v=60cm
v=6cm
base=3v=6×3=18cm
height = 5cm
area = base ×height
18×5=90cm^2
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