Question

The area of this parallelogram is 49 square centimeters.y = ____ cm.

Answer 1

Answer:

7 cm

Explanation:

The area of a parallelogram:

$A=\text{Base}\times Height$

From the diagram:

• Base = y cm

,

• Height = y cm

Thus:

$\begin{gathered} y\times y=49 \\ y^2=49 \\ y=\sqrt{49} \\ y=7\operatorname{cm} \end{gathered}$

The value of y is 7cm.