SOLUTION: Our teacher gave us these worksheets without explaining just to see what we know. There is one question that says solve for the variables.There's a parallelogram, on the left it ha

Question 138224: Our teacher gave us these worksheets without explaining just to see what we know. There is one question that says solve for the variables.There's a parallelogram, on the left it has 2y-7.On the right it has 9. On the bottom it has 23. And on the top it has 3x+2. Can you explain this to me please
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the quadrilateral pictured is truly a parallelogram, then the opposite sides must be equal in length. That means that and . Just solve the equations to determine the values of y and x.
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