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Hamid needs to find the height of a parallelogram. The base is 3 inches long and the area is 30 square inches. What is the height?Step 1 of 2: Choose the correct formula:

Hamid needs to find the height of a parallelogram. The base is 3 inches long and the-example-1
User Thomas Koschel
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we have that

The area of a parallelogram is equal to

A=b*h

in this problem we have

b=3 in

A=30 in2

substitute given values

30=3*h

solve for h

h=30/3

h=10 in

therefore

the correct formula is

A=bh

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