Question

The area of a parallelogram is 24 centimeters and the base of the parallelogram is 6 centimeters. What is the height of the parallelogram?

Answer 1

4 centimetres.

Explanation:

Area of a parallelogram is `base xx height`
`24cm^2 = (6 xx height)`
`implies 24/6 = height = 4cm`

Answer 2

`h=4`

Explanation:

Area of a parallelogram can be calculated by using the formulae :

`A = bh` ,

where `A` = Area, `b` = Base Length and `h` = Height

Therefore, by using the given information,

∴ `24` `=` `6h`

∴ `h = 4 cm`

Answer 3

`h=4 \ "cm"`

Explanation:

The area is always given by squared units and never by single units!

The area of a parallelogram is given by the equation:

`A=bh`

• `b` is the base length of the parallelogram

• `h` is the height of the parallelogram

And so, plugging in our given values, we get:

`24 \ "cm"^2=6 \ "cm"*h`

`h=(24color(red)cancelcolor(black)"cm"^2)/(6color(red)cancelcolor(black)"cm")`

`=4 \ "cm"`