SOLUTION: A store sells tiles in the shape of a parallelogram. The perimeter of each tile is 33 inches. One side of each tile is 2.5 inches longer than another side. What are the side length
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Question 1021314: A store sells tiles in the shape of a parallelogram. The perimeter of each tile is 33 inches. One side of each tile is 2.5 inches longer than another side. What are the side lengths of the tile?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal like a rectangle, we can call them L and W, so that perimeter
P = 2L + 2W = 33
We also know that L = W + 2.5...now substitute and get
2(W + 2.5) + 2W = 33
2W + 5 + 2W = 33
4W = 28
W = 7 in
L = 9.5 in
