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Area, SM-Bank 061

A parallelogram has an area of 1872 square metres and a perpendicular height of 78 metres.

Calculate the base length of the parallelogram.  (2 marks)

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\(24\ \text{m}\)

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\(\text{Area}\) \(=\text{base}\times \text{height}\)
\(\therefore\ 1872\) \(=b\times 78\)
\(b\) \(=\dfrac{1872}{78}\)
  \(=24\)

 
\(\therefore\ \text{The base length of the parallelogram is }24\ \text{m.}\)