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Quadrilateral RSTU is a parallelogram. What must be the value of x?

Quadrilateral RSTU is a parallelogram. What must be the value of x?-example-1
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I set x-3 and 3x-13 equal to each other and then got x equal to 5. So, I believe the correct answer would be C.) 5
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In this question, the given quadrilateral is a parallelogram. And in a parallelogram, diagonals bisects each other. Therefore,

the parts of the diagonal with lengths


x-3  \ and \ 3x-13

have to be equal. That is


x-3=3x-13 \\ -3+13 = 3x-x \\ 10 =2x \\ x =5

So out of the given options, correct option is the third option .


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