document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093213>Question 1093213</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am a grandmother who excelled in English trying to help my advanced 8th grade with his geometry.  HELP!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "AB=x, BC=3x, CD=2x+8 and AD=22.  Find CD. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If a square, the sides would be equal, and that can't be the case with x and 3x without their being 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If a rectangle the width could be x and the length 3x with the other side 2x+8 and 22 respectively<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x =2x+8, but then -x=8, so that doesn't work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "An isosceles trapezoid could be possible with the top x and the bottom 2x+8 and the sides 3x and 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then 3x=22 and x=(22/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CD would then be (44/3)+8=68/3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is there additional information? </SPAN>\n" );
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