Question

Find the values of the variables in the parallelogram. The diagram is not drawn to scale. (Image is attached below)thank you in advance :)

Answer 1

For this problem, we are given a parallelogram with a diagonal drawn, inside it there are markings for a few angles. We need to determine the unknown angles.

Opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel, this means we can treat the diagonal as a transversal line that crosses two parallel lines. Since this is the case, the angles 33º and xº are alternate interior angles and have the same length:

`x=33º`

The opposite angles in a parallelogram are congruent, therefore:

`z=109º`

The sum of internal angles is 360º, therefore we have:

`\begin{gathered} 2\cdot109+2\cdot(x+y)=360\\ \\ 218+66+2y=360\\ \\ 284+2y=360\\ \\ 2y=360-284\\ \\ 2y=76\\ \\ y=38 \end{gathered}`

The value of x is 33º, the value of y is 38º and the value of z is 109º.