Question

Parallelogram JKLM is shown. If KR=X+7, KM = 3x - 5. and JL = 4x - 10.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

In a parallelogram, this one in particular:

KR = RM

JR = RL

We are looking in the end for the length of JR, but that means that we need to solve for x somehow to plug in the expression for JL, and then split that in half. Here's how we're going to go about it. I know that

KM = KR + RM, but since KR and RM are the same length, the equation becomes

KM = 2KR. Filling that in with the expressions I'm given for KM and KR:

3x - 5 = 2(x + 7) and

3x - 5 = 2x + 14 and

x = 19. Now I can find the length of JL:

JL = 4x - 10 so

JL = 4(19) - 10 and

JL = 66

Knowing that JR = RL and JL is 66 units long, JR = RL = 33 units each.