Question

PQRS is a parallelogram with PQ=26cm and QR=20cm. If the distance between its longer sides is 12.5 cm,find
i)the area of the parallelogram
ii)the distance between its shorter sides
Answers
i)325cm sq.
ii)16.25 cm

Answer 1

Given that,
In PQRS parallelogram,
PQ=26cm
QR=20cm
distance between longer sides =12.5cm
(i) Area of parallelogram=base ×height cm^2
=PQ×h
=26×12.5
=325 cm^2

(ii)Area of parallelogram=base×height
height=Area/base
distance b/wshorterside=325/20
=65/4
=16.25cm