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The table represents the relationship between the base length and the height of some parallelograms. Both measurements are in inchesWhat is the relationship between the base length and the height of these parallelograms?

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By the values given in the table, for base length and height of the parallelograms, you can notice that base length increases 1 units, so you have 1,2,3,4,5. For height you can notice that while base length increase 1 unit, height decreases by a factor of 1/x, just as follow:

1 - 48

2 - 24

3 - 16

4 - 12

5 - 8

The relation between base length and height is:

f(x) = 48/x

where f(x) is the height and x is the base length. In fact, you have:

f(1) = 48/1 = 48

f(2) = 48/2 = 24

f(3) = 48/3 = 16

f(4) = 48/4 = 12

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