The sides of a parallelogram are in the ratio 3:2 and the altitude corresponding to the longer side is 14cm.
If the perimeter of the parallelogram is 60cm, then find the other altitude?
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let larger side is 3x
then another side is 2x
thus perimeter of a parallelogram is 10x=60
thus x=6cm
Then one side is =6×3=18
And other is =2×6=12
So base=18cm
area of parallelogram is base × height
area=18×5=90cm
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Altitude corresponding to smaller side
90=12×h
h=7.5cm
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