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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
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Question 138214: How do you draw a figure with an area of 64 cm squared and a perimeter of 64 cm????? I have tried trial and error, but it does not seem to be working. Please help me. Thank you.
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Question 139411: I know I'm solving for x, so I think I set up the equation like
(2x+5)+(3x+1)+(13)+(5x-7)=? My problem is that I don't know what I set it to equal to.
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Question 139594: How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have

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Question 141471: one of the angles of a parallelogram is 40 degrees. what is the measure of one of the obtuse angles? why?

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Question 142489: The slope of a line parallel to -x + y = 12 equals_______________,
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Question 145350: In Quadrilateral JKLM is a rhombus. If m angle LMK =36, find M angle KJM????
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Question 145657: In parallelogram ABCD if angle A = 5x+30, and m angle D = x, find m angle C.
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Question 146675: if four parallel lines intersect seven parallel lines. how many parallelograms are made?
it turns out as a grid with 18 boxes. (3x6). i sure there would be an equation that would short cut actually counting up all the parallelograms.

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Question 147464: I have a parallelogram (rv lot)45 feet by 30 feet with angle of 60 degrees..question is...will my rv of 40 feet by 10 feet fit on lot without crossing boundries?

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Question 147464: I have a parallelogram (rv lot)45 feet by 30 feet with angle of 60 degrees..question is...will my rv of 40 feet by 10 feet fit on lot without crossing boundries?

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Question 147593: if the diagonals of a rhombus have lengths of 18 and 24, how long are the sides?
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Question 148247: My question: In a parallelogram the opposite amgles have the same measures. Each of the two larger angles in a parallelogram is 20 degrees less than 3 times the smaller angles. Find the measure of each angle. I am unsure how to solve this equation. Thank you for your help.
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Question 150345: Find the height and base of the parallelogram that has an area of 100 square units.
Height=x
base=x+15

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Question 151109: The opposite sides of a parallelogram measure to be 3x+20 and 5x-8. (Show alegebra) How long is each side?
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Question 151921: i have a rhombus with sides of 6cm. how do i find the lengths of the diagonals? so then i can go on to find the area
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Question 151920: i have a parallelogram with side lengths 9cm and 3 cm. how do i find the height?..so then i can find the area.
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Question 152270: Please help me solve this problem
The sides AB and AD of a square are extended 10cm and 6cm,respectively,to form sides AE and AF of a rectangle. At most how long is the side of the square if the perimeter of the rectangle is at least twice the perimeter of the square?

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Question 151452: 1) ABCD is a parallelogram if AB = 2 AD and P is the midpoint of AB.prove that angle CPD = 90.
2) If the diagonal PR and QS of a parallelogram PQRS are equal, prove that PQRS is a rectangle.
3) PQRS is a parallelogram. PS is produced to M so that SM = SR and MR is produced to meet PQ produced to N. Prove that QN = QR.

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Question 154099: in parallelograms ABCD abovewhat is the value of x?
10x (25x-30)

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Question 155799: Find the length of one base of a trapezoid if the area of the trapezoid is 46cm squared, the height is 4 cm and the length of the other base is 6cm.
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Question 156296: How do you find the area of a parallelogram?
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Question 158027: I would mean alot to me if someone could help me out on this problem
I did find a smiliar question to mine, but could really understand how i would get the answer.
Consider the points P(10,2),Q(1,11), and R(-8,2) on a coordinate plane. Where must the point S be located so that the quadrilateral PQRS is a square?
i found the slope of PQ i got -1
I found the slope of QR i got 1
then what do we do after gettting the slope
please help

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Question 158609: A rectangle has an area of 27 squared inches. The height is three times the base. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

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Question 163366: what value ab make quadrilateral abcd a parallelogram?


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Question 165922: Hi! Pretty please with a cherry on the top would you help me solve this problem! Thank you so much. Appreciate it!


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Question 168190: Use given information to find length of all sides. Parallelograms perimeter = 48inches. side AB is 5 inches less than side BC. The long sides are AB and CD and the short sides are DA and BC. I have no idea where to start other than BC-AB=48
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Question 169135: Tom is laying new sod in his yard .His front yard is 20 yd by 15 yd,and his backyard is 20 yd by 20 yd. Sod is sold by the square foot.How many square feet of sod does Tom need?
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Question 169616: how can i proof that diagonals bisect each other in a parallelogram
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Question 169701: How do I construct a non-rectangular parallelogram?
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Question 169678: The measure of one angle of a parallelogram is 40 more than 3 times another. Find the measure of each angle.
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Question 169938: On a blueprint for a house, if the master bedroom is a parallelogram with at least one right angle, then the master bedroom will be the shape of
a rectangle
a rhombus
a square
just a parallelogram

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Question 170143: i need help to understand and solve these 5 problems, thank u
1.the quadrilateral whose consecutive sides have measures 2, 3, 2, 3 is a(n)________.
2.the quad. whose cons. sides have meas. 2 , 3, 2, 3, is a(n)__________.
3.the quad. with two distinct pairs of NON-opposite angles congruent is a(n)________.
4.if cons. midpoints of a rectangle are joined, a(n)__________is formed.
5. if at leaset one pair of opposite angles of a quad. are congruent and the other pair of angles are each bisected by a diagonal, the figure formed is a(n)__________.

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Question 170615: the equation of a line y=mx-1. what is the value of m if the line passes through the point (2,3)
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Question 170580: A rhombus has sides of length 6 cm. One of its diagonals is 10 cm long. Find the length of the other diagonal ?

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Question 170585: A rectangle is a parallelogram with four right angles. A rectangle has a width of 15 feet and a diagonal of a length 22 feet; how long is the rectangle? What is the perimeter of the rectangle? Round to the nearest foot. Show all work to receive full credit.

Length of rectangle:

Perimeter of the rectangle:

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Question 170772: can two parallelograms have equal bases and equal perimeters but unequal areas?
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Question 168415: I need you to help me prove A parallelogram with at least one right angle is a rectangle.
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Question 171711: If the three coordinates of a parallelogram are (3,2)(1,-1), (-2,2) the fourth coordinate is?
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Question 172808: i need help with this question, if two angles are opposite angles of a parallelogram are they congruent?
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Question 173219: find the height of the rectangle,in which the area is 10x squared feet squared and the width is 2x feet
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Question 173633: ABCD is a parallelogram
angle A= 2x+19, angle B= 3x+21. Find all angles

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Question 173442: given triangle ABC and segment DE, if AD =2, DB =3, AE =4 and EC =4, is DE parallel to BC?
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Question 174494: Quadrilateral ABCD has vertices A(-1,0), B(3,3), C(6,-1), and D(2,-4). Prove that quadrilateral ABCD is a square.
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Question 174494: Quadrilateral ABCD has vertices A(-1,0), B(3,3), C(6,-1), and D(2,-4). Prove that quadrilateral ABCD is a square.
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