SOLUTION: if DC=6x+y, BC=3x+2y, AB=25, and AD=14, then what is x and y (DC is congruent and parallel to AB, BC is congruent and parallel to AD)

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Question 1012670: if DC=6x+y, BC=3x+2y, AB=25, and AD=14, then what is x and y
(DC is congruent and parallel to AB, BC is congruent and parallel to AD)
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
DC=AB
1.
BC=AD
2.
Multiply eq. 2 by 2 and subtract eq. 1 from it,




Then,
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