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A parallelogram has sides 24m and 5m. The height corresponding to a 24m base is 4m. What is the height corresponding to a 5m base?

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(24 m)*(4 m) = (5 m)*height . . . . . area is the same no matter which base you use
height = (4/5)*(24 m) = 19.2 m
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