Question

The area of the parallelogram is 32 sq miles. Find its base and height. (There is this parallelogram and the height it is x-2 and the width is x+2

Answer 1

area of parallelogram = (base)(height)
plug in what you know 32 = (x-2)(x+2) foil, simplify, and factor

Answer 2

So would the answer be x=6,-6?

Answer 3

yes x would equal that, but what was the question asking for?

Answer 4

It was asking the base and height.

Answer 5

base = x + 2
and height = x - 2
so now that you have x, plug in...
but keep in mind that distances/lengths have to be positive