SOLUTION: two adjacent sides of a rhombus are represented by 5x+7 and 6x-1. find the value of x .

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Question 357218: two adjacent sides of a rhombus are represented by 5x+7 and 6x-1. find the value of x .
Answer by neatmath(302) About Me  (Show Source):
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We know by definition that a rhombus is a quadrilateral that has 4 equal sides.

A rhombus looks like a diamond, and is basically a smushed square. Every square is a rhombus, but not every rhombus is a square.

So if we know that the sides are equal, we know:

5x%2B7=6x-1

x=8

Thus, the value for x is 8.

This means that each side of this rhombus is 47 units in length.

I hope this helps!