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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

  1. A, b, and h are variables standing for the area, the base, and the height
  2. 368.4 divided by 15 is 24.56

Notes

    1. The formula for the area of a parallelogram is A=bh
    2. 'A' is the area, 'b' is the base of the parallelogram, and 'h' is the height of the parallelogram
    1. The area, 'A', is 368.4 in2
    2. The height, 'h', is 15 in
    3. We don't know what 'b' is - that's what we're solving for
    1. Plug 368.4 in for 'A' and 15 in for 'h' into the area formula
    1. Our equation is 368.4=b•15
    2. We can get 'b' by itself by dividing both sides by 15
    1. 368.4 divided by 15 is 24.56, which is the base of our parallelogram