A square with a side length of 8 cm is nailed with four wooden strips and drawn into a parallelogram. The area of the parallelogram is 24 square centimeters less than the area of the square. What is the height of the parallelogram in centimeters?
用四根木条钉成一个边长8厘米的正方形，拉成一个平行四边形，平行四边形的面积比正方形的面积少24平方厘米，平行四边形的高是多少厘米．
<gadget id="calculator">8 * 8</gadget>
<output>64</output>

<gadget id="calculator">64 - 24</gadget>
<output>40</output>

<gadget id="calculator">40 / 8</gadget>
<output>5</output>

<result>5</result>