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The perimeter of parallelogram ABCD is 30 cm. AD is 3cm more than twice AB FIND THE LENGTH OF AB

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Answer:

4 cm

Explanation:

Perimeter of a parallelogram is 2b+2h=30 where b is base and h is height.

if AD is 3cm more than twice AB, then it's 3+2x where x is length of AB.

Input this into the perimeter equation: 2(3+2x)+2(x)=30

Simplify to get 6+6x=30

x=24/6=4

Answer is 4 cm.

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