document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=666354>Question 666354</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have 2 parallelograms that one of them i says 3cm going up and 5cm going horizontal.  And the other has 18cm going up and i have to find the value of x that is going horizontal......Can you help me? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #414432 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><B>MathLover1(20850)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MathLover1><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=414432\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> given:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > parallelograms \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one of them has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=3cm ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=3cm\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=5cm ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=5cm\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the other has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5B1%5D=18cm ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5B1%5D=18cm\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to find\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since sides going <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=up ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"up\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=horizontal ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"horizontal\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, we have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > rectangles and \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we know that not all rectangles are similar (if the proportions are different, they are not similar)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but in this case, we assume they <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=are ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"are\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > similar; so, their sides are proportional\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%2Fa=b%5B1%5D%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%2Fa=b%5B1%5D%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3cm%2F5cm=18cm%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3cm%2F5cm=18cm%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >......cross multiply\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3cm%2Ax=90cm%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3cm%2Ax=90cm%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=30cm%5Ecross%282%29%2Fcross%28cm%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=30cm%5Ecross%282%29%2Fcross%28cm%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=30cm ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=30cm\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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