The area of a parallelogram with a side of 5.6 in is equal to the area of a rectangle with sides 7 in and 8 in. find the altitude to the given side in the parallelogram.

10 inches


Find area of the rectangle

Area of the rectangle = Length x Width
Area of the rectangle = 7 x 8
Area of the rectangle = 56 in²


Find the missing height of the parallelogram

Area of the parallelogram = Length x height
56 = 5.6 x height
height = 56 ÷ 5.6
height = 10 inches


The altitude is 10 inches.