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HELP WITH NUMBER 13 please

HELP WITH NUMBER 13 please-example-1
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Answer: QE = 10

Explanation: To solve this problem, it's important to understand that the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.

This means that E is the midpoint of diagonal SQ.

So we can setup the equation x² + 9x = 4x + 6.

To solve this polynomial equation, set it equal to zero first.

So we have x² + 5x - 6 = 0 and we get (x + 6)(x - 1) = 0

when we factor the left side of the equation.

So this means that x = -6 or x = 1.

However, -6 will give us a negative length when we plug it in

to find QE so this will not work.

However, plugging 1 in will give us 10 as a length so QE = 10.

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