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Question
Find the height of the parallelogram whose base is four times the height and whose area is 576 sq.cm
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Solution
Let the height be ‘A’ and base be ‘h’ units
Given b = 4 × h
Area of the parallelogram = 576 sq.cm
b × h = 576
4h × h = 576
h × h = `576/4` = 144
h × h = 12 × 12
h = 12 cm
Height = 12 cm, base = 4 × 12 = 48 cm
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