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Find the measurement indicated in each parallelogram 21) Find UV

Find the measurement indicated in each parallelogram 21) Find UV-example-1
User Arjun Kalidas
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Given:

Given a parallelogram with


\begin{gathered} UV=2x+5 \\ WT=x+12 \end{gathered}

Required:

To find the measure of UV.

Step-by-step explanation:

In parallelogram


\begin{gathered} UV=WT \\ \\ 2x+5=x+12 \\ \\ 2x-x=12-5 \\ \\ x=7 \end{gathered}

Now


\begin{gathered} UV=2x+5 \\ =2(7)+5 \\ =14+5 \\ =19 \end{gathered}

Final Answer:


UV=19

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