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Find the values of a and b that make the quadrilateral a parallelogram.

Find the values of a and b that make the quadrilateral a parallelogram.-example-1
User Bukowski
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Explanation:

both halves of a diagonal must be equal.

so,

8b - 30 = 6b + 6

2b = 36

b = 18

and

9a - 13 = 5a + 5

4a = 18

a = 18/4 = 4.5

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