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Find the values ox x and y that make the quadrilateral a parallelogram, please show how you did it

Find the values ox x and y that make the quadrilateral a parallelogram, please show-example-1

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Let the coordinates of the four vertices of the quadrilateral be (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3), and (x4, y4).

A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. This means that the slopes of the two pairs of opposite sides must be equal.

The slope of a line is given by the formula m = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1).

Therefore, for the quadrilateral to be a parallelogram, we must have:

m1 = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) = (y4 - y3)/(x4 - x3)

m2 = (y3 - y2)/(x3 - x2) = (y1 - y4)/(x1 - x4)

Solving the two equations for x and y, we get:

x = (y2 - y1)(x4 - x3) - (y4 - y3)(x2 - x1) / (y4 - y3)(x2 - x1) - (y1 - y4)(x3 - x2)

y = (x2 - x1)(y4 - y3) - (x4 - x3)(y2 - y1) / (y4 - y3)(x2 - x1) - (y1 - y4)(x3 - x2)

Therefore, the values of x and y that make the quadrilateral a parallelogram can be found by substituting the coordinates of the four vertices into the above equations.
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