The sides of the parallelogram are 2 cm and 5 cm. The height drawn to the smaller side is 3 cm.

| June 29, 2021 | education

The sides of the parallelogram are 2 cm and 5 cm. The height drawn to the smaller side is 3 cm. Find another height.

We know that a parallelogram is a quadrilateral in which the opposite sides are parallel and equal, respectively. It is also known that in order to find the area of ​​any parallelogram, it is necessary to know its side and the height drawn to a given height.
In this case, the formula for finding the area is as follows: S = a * h (a) where a is the side of the parallelogram, h (a) is the height drawn to side a.
Therefore, we know the side equal to 2 cm, and the height of the 3 cm long side lowered to this side.

Then S = a * h (a) = 3 * 2 = 5

Then you can find the second height for this parallelogram, S = b * h (b)
S = b * h (b)
5 = 5 * h (b)
h (b) = 5/5 = 1

Answer: the second height is 1 cm.



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