Question

Please Help!!! Examine parallelogram ABCD. Opposite sides AB¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ and CD¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ have lengths of 4y and y+42, respectively. Determine the value of y and answer the following question. Quadrilateral A B C D with side measures as given in the problem. What is the length of AB¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯?

Answer 1

y = 14

Length of AB = 56 units

Explanation:

==>Given:

Parallelogram ABCD, with the following lengths:

AB = 4y

DC = y + 42

==>Required:

a. Value of y

b. Length of AB

==>Solution:

i. Recall that one of the properties of a parallelogram is that opposite sides are congruent. This implies that side AB is congruent to DC.

To find the value of y, let's set the opposite sides of the parallelogram equal to each other (i.e. AB = DC)

Thus,

4y = y + 42

Subtract y from both sides

4y - y = y + 42 - y

3y = 42

Divide both sides by 3

3y/3 = 42/3

y = 14

ii. Length of AB = 4y

Plug the value of y

Length of AB = 4(14)

Length of AB = 56 units