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a window shaped like a parallelogram has an area of 18 1/3 square feet. The height of a window is 3 1/3 feet. How long is the base of the window?
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a window shaped like a parallelogram has an area of 18 1/3 square feet. The height of a window is 3 1/3 feet. How long is the base of the window?

User Diane M
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You must first realize that
base times height equals the area

Now that you remember that, all you have to do is work backwards...

18 1/3
--------
3 1/3

18 1/3 = 55/3

3 1/3 = 10/3

55/3 divided by 10/3
=5 1/2

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