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A parallelogram has an area of 396 square centimeters and a height of 18 centimeters.

What is the length of the base of the parallelogram?

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The length of the base of the parallelogram is 22 cm.

Given:
Area = 396 cm²
height = 18 cm

Area of a parallelogram is computed by multiplying its base to its height.

A = bh
396 cm² = b * 18cm
396 cm²/18cm = b
22 cm = b
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