document.write( "Question 919133: How do you solve for the sides of a rhombus if a that are like a system of equations!!!!! Here's the question.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Rhombus WXYZ\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "WZ= 3x+5
\n" ); document.write( "WX= 5x-1
\n" ); document.write( "XY= 2y+4 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " I first tried combining the first and third equations together, then put the second equation in next, solved it but the answers weren't all congruent, making the quadrilateral not a rhombus.
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Definition: Rhombus is a quadrilateral with all four sides equal in length.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( "Rhombus \"WXYZ\"
\n" ); document.write( "sides:
\n" ); document.write( "\"WZ=+3x%2B5\"............1
\n" ); document.write( "\"WX=+5x-1\".............2
\n" ); document.write( "\"XY=+2y%2B4\" ............3\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"WZ=WX\" =>\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%2B5=5x-1\" solve for \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2B5=5x-3x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6=2x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6%2F2=x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=3\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"WX=XY\" =>\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5x-1=2y%2B4\"............plug \"x=3\" in and solve for \"y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2A3-1=2y%2B4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15-1=2y%2B4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"14=2y%2B4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"14-4=2y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"10=2y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"10%2F2=y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now find sides:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"WZ=+3x%2B5\"...........plug in \"x=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"WZ=+3%2A3%2B5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"WZ=+14\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"WX=+5x-1\"...........plug in \"x=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"WX=+5%2A3-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"WX=+15-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"WX=+14\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"XY=+2y%2B4\" .......plug in \"y=5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"XY=+2%2A5%2B4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"XY=+10%2B4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"XY=+14\"
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