The area of a parallelogram with a side of 5.6 in is equal to the area of a rectangle with sides 7 in and 8 in. Find the altitude to the given side in the parallelogram.

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Maxim Suponya · Answer 1 · 2019-05-02T06:18:27+0000

Answer: 10 inches

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Find area of the rectangle
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Area of the rectangle = Length x Width
Area of the rectangle = 7 x 8
Area of the rectangle = 56 in²

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Find the missing height of the parallelogram
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Area of the parallelogram = Length x height
56 = 5.6 x height
height = 56 ÷ 5.6
height = 10 inches

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Answer: The altitude is 10 inches.
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