SOLUTION: The length of one side of the parallelogram is twice the length of the other side. It's perimeter is 24 cm. Find the length of all the sides pf the parallelogram.

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Question 888122: The length of one side of the parallelogram is twice the length of the other side. It's perimeter is 24 cm. Find the length of all the sides pf the parallelogram.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The figure could just as well be a rectangle. You have information about the sides and the perimeter.

x and y the sides lengths, and there are two of each.

2x%2B2y=24, AND y=2x.
Simplify the perimeter equation and substitute for y, and then solve for the value of x.....