SOLUTION: ​Parallelogram ABCD​ is a rectangle. AC=6y−1 BD=4y+13 What is the value of y?

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Question 1188768: ​Parallelogram ABCD​ is a rectangle.

AC=6y−1
BD=4y+13

What is the value of y?
Answer by ikleyn(52816) About Me  (Show Source):
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The diagonals of any rectangle are congruent,  therefore


    6y - 1  = 4y + 13

    6y - 4y = 13 + 1

      2y    = 14

       y    = 14/2 = 7.    ANSWER

Solved.