Question

The following figure GUNS is a parallelogram. Find x and y. (lengths are in cm)

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Answer 1

In parallelogram GUNS,
GS=UN [Opposite sides of parallelogram are equal]
$\Rightarrow 3x=18\Rightarrow x=\frac{18}{3}=6cm$
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Also GU=SN [Opposite sides of parallelogram are equal]
$\Rightarrow 3y-1=26\Rightarrow 3y=26+1\Rightarrow 3y=27\Rightarrow y=\frac{27}{3}=9cm$
Hence, x = 6 cm and y = 9 cm.
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