SIXTH GRADE MATH HELP!

medal+fan!

The base of a parallelogram is (w + 5)cm. The height is 2 cm less than the base. Find the area of the parallelogram.

So obviously I know A=bh, but I am still stuck. I don't know how to work/write-out this problem. Help .

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SIXTH GRADE MATH HELP!

medal+fan!

The base of a parallelogram is (w + 5)cm.  The height is 2 cm less than the base.  Find the area of the parallelogram.

So obviously I know A=bh, but I am still stuck. I don't know how to work/write-out this problem. Help .

anonymous · Answer

do u see how it says the height is 2 less than the base?

mwhit2101 · Answer

Yes, I'm not sure how to get what the height is so I'm stuck there

anonymous · Answer

well the height will be w+3 because 5-2 =3

mwhit2101 · Answer

Ok so our equation is (w+5)(w+3) ?