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Find the length of a parallelogram whose altitude is 8cm and the area is 72cm raise to power 2​

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Answer:

length = 9 cm

Explanation:

the area (A) of a parallelogram is calculated as

A = length × altitude

given A = 72 cm² and altitude is 8 cm , then

72 = length × 8 ( divide both sides by 8 )

9 = length

the length is 9 cm

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