SOLUTION: construct a parallelogram ac=6.8cm,db=7.6cm and ad=6.4cm

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Question 1005911: construct a parallelogram ac=6.8cm,db=7.6cm and ad=6.4cm

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In parallelogram ABCD ,
AD is one side;
AC and BD are diagonals.
The diagonals of a parllelogram bisect each other,
meaning that AC and BD intersect
at a point M that is the midpoint of AC and BD .
So, AM=%281%2F2%29AC=6.8cm%2F2=3.4cm and
DM=%281%2F2%29DB=7.6cm%2F2=3.8cm .
Let us draw AD , and find M .
To find M , we draw arcs of the circles
centered at A with radius AM=3.4cm , and
centered at D with radius DM=3.8cm .
Where those two arcs meet, we find M .

Now, let us draw
ray AM , with point C , and
ray DM , with point B .
After that, we just connect points,
A to B ,
B to C , and
C to D ,
to complete the parallelogram.