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on a regular parallelogram, the height is x cm. the perimeter is 44 cm. the length is

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on a regular parallelogram, the height is x cm. the perimeter is 44 cm. the length is 3 times as long as the height. the slant is 2 cm longer than the height. find the area of the parallelogram

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Jun 10, 2012, 01:46 AM
Since the height is X, the length is 3X.
Also, since the slanted side is 2cm more than the height, the slanted side is X+2.
So... The perimeter is 2(3X+X+2).

44=2(3X+X+2)
22=4X+2
4X=20
X=5

The formula of the area is height x length.
So, X(3X)=5(15)=75cm2

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