SOLUTION: In rectangle ABCD, diagonals AC and BD intersect at E. If AE= 3x+y, BE= 4x-2y, and CE= 20, find x and y.
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-> SOLUTION: In rectangle ABCD, diagonals AC and BD intersect at E. If AE= 3x+y, BE= 4x-2y, and CE= 20, find x and y.
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If , , and ,
find and :
since you have a rectangle, diagonals and are same length
then and
so, we have
....eq.1
....eq.2
----------------------...both sides of eq.1 multiply by
....eq.1
....eq.2
----------------------........add both eq.1 and eq.2
now find ....eq.1
