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

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a. x = 8, y = 17
b. x = 6, y = 8
c. x = 8, y = 10
d. x = 8, y = 6

Find values of x and y for which ABCD must be a parallelogram. The diagram is not-example-1

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3x - 14 = x + 2
- x - x
2x - 14 = 2
+ 14 + 14
2x = 16
2 2
x = 8

4y - 7 = y + 11
- y - y
3y - 7 = 11
+ 7 + 7
3x = 18
3 3
x = 6
(x, y) = (8, 6)

The answer is D.
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