Question

The area of a parallelogram is 49.7 cm 2 , and the base of the parallelogram is 3.5 cm. What is the height of the parallelogram in centimeters?

Answer 1

14.2 cm

Explanation:

A parallelogram is a quadrilateral (a four sided object) with parallel sides

Some of the characteristics of a parallelogram includes :

1. Opposite sides and angles are congruent .

2. Opposite angels are congruent

3. Consecutive angles are supplementary

4. The diagonals bisect each other

Area of a parallelogram = base x height

49.7 = 3.5 x height

height = 49.7 / 3.5 = 14.2 cm