SOLUTION: In the parallelogram ABCD shown, find x if x = EF. I couldn't copy and paste the picture from the book so I had to draw it in paint. The following is a link to the picture that

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Question 321946: In the parallelogram ABCD shown, find x if x = EF.
I couldn't copy and paste the picture from the book so I had to draw it in paint. The following is a link to the picture that goes with the question:
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First write down everything you know from the diagram,
1.AE%2BEF%2BFB=7
2.AE%2BEF=5
3.EF%2BFB=5
From eq. 1 and eq. 2,
FB=2
Then using eq. 3,
EF%2B2=5
highlight%28x=EF=3%29