Given:
Base increased by 8%
Height increased by 4%
Concept Used:
The area of a parallelogram is directly proportional to the product of base and height.
Solution:
New base = 1.08b
New height = 1.04h
New Area = 1.08 × 1.04 × Original Area
= 1.1232 × Original Area
Percentage Increase = (1.1232 − 1) × 100=12.32%
Alternate Solution:
Net increase in Area;
= (increase)
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