A parallelogram has sides 17.3 m and 43.4 m long. The height corresponding to the 17.3-m base is 8.7 m. Find the height, to the nearest tenth of a meter, corresponding to the 43.4-m base.

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anonymous · Answer

please help me

anonymous · Answer

since the area doesn't change you may use it to find the missing height

anonymous · Answer

how? sorry I'm really confused

anonymous · Answer

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you surely know that area=B*H where B is one of the sides and H the height relative to it.
so S1*H1=S2*H2 since the area stays constant