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The area of a parallelogram is 18 square units. One side of the parallelogram is24 units long. The other side is 6 units long. Which could be the parallelogram'sheight?

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The the parallelogram is like:

Where h is the height, The area of this parallelogram is calculated as:

A = 24*h

If the Area is equal t 18 square units, the height h is:

18 = 24*h

Solving for h, we get:

18/24 = h

0.75 units = h

Answer: a possible parallelogram's height is 0.75 units

The area of a parallelogram is 18 square units. One side of the parallelogram is24 units-example-1
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