SOLUTION: I need help find in x and y in the following problem. The shape is a parallelogram (rectangle) the right top corner has 3x in it. The bottom left corner has 63 degrees in it and

Question 271031: I need help find in x and y in the following problem.
The shape is a parallelogram (rectangle) the right top corner has 3x in it. The bottom left corner has 63 degrees in it and the bottom right corner has 2y+ 7 degrees.
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a parallelogram adjacent angles are supplementary. From above we have
(i)
(ii)
we can solve for y in (ii) as
(iii)
then
(iv)
dividing, we get
(v)
Now we can solve for x in (i) as
(vi)
combine like terms to get
(vii)
subtract to get
(viii)
and divide to get
(ix)
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