Question

The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are $10m$ and $8m$. If the distance between the longer sides is $4m$, find the distance between the shorter sides.

Answer 1

Area of the parallelogram $=$ base $\times$ height

$=10\times 4=40$sq.m

Now the shorter side $=8$m

Area of the parallelogram $=8\times h$

$\Rightarrow 40=8h$

$\Rightarrow h=\frac{40}{8}=5$m

$\therefore$ the distance between shorter side is $5$m