Mathematics 0580 · IGCSE · Area and perimeter

Area and perimeter — practice question

This parallelogram has an area of $51.5\text{ cm}^2$. In the diagram, the base is $x$ cm, the perpendicular height is $5$ cm and the sloping side measures $6$ cm.
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Calculate the value of $x$.

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