Area of a Parallelogram Practice

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Given a parallelogram with the area of 30in2. Find the height of the parallelogram given that its base is 6cm.

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A. 5 in2
B. 5 in
C. 7 in2
D. 7 in
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Step 1
The picture below shows the parallelogram with the base of 6cm and the height of h.
a parallelogram with the base 6cm and the height h

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Step 2
Since the value of the area is given as 30in2, we can substitute A with 30. Similarly, since the base is given as 6cm, we can substitute b with 6 as shown below:
substituting A with 30 and b with 6

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Now, we have 6h = 30. To find h, we need to remove 6. We can do so by dividing both sides of the equation with 6. This is shown below:  
calculating the height of a parallelogram
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Step 4
Now, the calculated number 5, has no meaning until we include the unit for it. Since the area is in inch2, h will be in inch. Hence:
h = 5 in
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Step 5
Therefore, the answer is B.

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