Height Of A Parallelogram Formula

About Height Of A Parallelogram Formula

To calculate the height of a parallelogram, use the height of a parallelogram formula. The perpendicular distance between the parallelogram's base and parallel side is the height of the parallelogram.

What Is the Height of a Parallelogram Formula?

When the area of the parallelogram and the length of the base are known, this formula is used to calculate the height of the parallelogram.

The formula for Parallelogram Height

  • Area/Length of the Base = Height of the Parallelogram

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Solved Example of Height of a Parallelogram Formula

Example: Calculate the height of a parallelogram if the length of the base is 24 units and the area of the parallelogram is 144 square units.

Sol:

  • To find the Height of the parallelogram
  • It is given that Area = 144, Base = 24
  • Using the height of a parallelogram formula,
  • Height of Parallelogram = Area/Length of the Base
  • Height = 144/24
  • Height = 6 units
  • Answer: The height of the parallelogram is 6 units.

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