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the longer side of a parallelogram is 54cm and the corresponding altitude is 16cm. if the altitude corresponding to the shorter side is 32cm, find the length of the shorter side.
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Simply find the area in two ways:
if base is 54 and height is 16
area = 54(16)
if base is x and height is 32
area = 32x
32x = 54(16)
x = 54(16)/32 = 27
if base is 54 and height is 16
area = 54(16)
if base is x and height is 32
area = 32x
32x = 54(16)
x = 54(16)/32 = 27
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