**MEDAL**
Subject Geometry

Find the values of x and y for which ABCD must be a parallelogram. The diagram is not drawn to scale.
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Question

**MEDAL**
Subject Geometry

Find the values of x and y for which ABCD must be a parallelogram. The diagram is not drawn to scale.
http://prntscr.com/2l6z0k

random231 · Answer

what are the properties of the diagonals of a parallelogram?

anonymous · Answer

What do you mean ?

random231 · Answer

diagonals of a parallelogram hav a specific property!

random231 · Answer

what is it? do you know?@Jacob3211

anonymous · Answer

No, I am very bad at this.

random231 · Answer

okay:
the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
so 5y-8=y+24.......1
and 2x-2=x+2..........2
now solve 1 and 2 they are simple linear equations in one variable.
get the values of x and y.

random231 · Answer

@Jacob3211

anonymous · Answer

How do i get the values of x and y ?

random231 · Answer

5y-8=y+24
4y=32
y=8

random231 · Answer

similarly solve for x in the other equation @Jacob3211

anonymous · Answer

Hmm I am not getting what you're doing.

anonymous · Answer

Like I understand How to but, i get something very different.

anonymous · Answer

@helpme1.2

anonymous · Answer

y=8 and x=4