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A parallelogram has an area of 288 square centimeters and a height of 12 centimeters.

What is the length of the base of the parallelogram?

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 A parallelogram has an area of 288 square centimeters and a height of 12 centimeters.
 
What is the length of the base of the parallelogram?

anonymous · Answer

The base would be 24
I plugged in 288 and 12 into the formula for finding the base of a parallelogram, which is b=a/h

bloomlocke367 · Answer

well, area is A=b*h.. just plug in what you have and solve

anonymous · Answer

okay!! thank you and can u help with a few more @1289florida @BloomLocke367

anonymous · Answer

sure

bloomlocke367 · Answer

yes, but open a new question

anonymous · Answer

What is the area of the trapezoid? http://static.k12.com/calms_media/media/1564500_1565000/1564711/1/81b2227083153091f60b66fb3c905857ed0070d9/MS_IMB-1401012-1100608.jpg

anonymous · Answer

The Area is the average of the two base lengths times the height
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