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How Do You Find the Base of a Parallelogram if You Know the Area and Height?
The height of a parallelogram is 15 inches and the area is 368.4 square inches. Find the length of the base.
Summary
- A, b, and h are variables standing for the area, the base, and the height
- 368.4 divided by 15 is 24.56

Notes
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- The formula for the area of a parallelogram is A=bh
- 'A' is the area, 'b' is the base of the parallelogram, and 'h' is the height of the parallelogram
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- The area, 'A', is 368.4 in2
- The height, 'h', is 15 in
- We don't know what 'b' is - that's what we're solving for
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- Plug 368.4 in for 'A' and 15 in for 'h' into the area formula
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- Our equation is 368.4=b•15
- We can get 'b' by itself by dividing both sides by 15
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- 368.4 divided by 15 is 24.56, which is the base of our parallelogram