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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HELP PLEASE!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

answer is C

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you know why?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

similarity

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No, :( can you explain? :(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well, it says that to make parallelogram, to make each side parallel

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so we can use here similarity

OpenStudy (anonymous):

consider 4 separate triangles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they are all similar

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so we found an equation here \[\frac{ x+y }{ 5y }=\frac{ 12 }{ 3x }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and in addition, diagonals are equally crossed

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so 12=3x and x+y=5y

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so x=4 and y=1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

got it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks a lot!!!! :)

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