Find the area of a parallelogram if its side is 8 cm and the height drawn to this side is 2 cm less.

Let’s solve this task in steps and explain each of them in detail.

1) 8 – 2 = 6 centimeters – the height of the parallelogram, since it is 2 centimeters less than the side equal to 8 centimeters;

2) 8 * 6 = 48 cm ^ 2 – the area of the parallelogram, since its side is 8 centimeters, and the height drawn to this side is 6 centimeters.

Answer: 8 cm ^ 2.