Concept explainers
To find: The value of x .
Answer to Problem 13WE
The length of x is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The parallel lines are shown below:
AE , BF , CG and DH are parallel to each other and EF = FG = GH . Length of AC and BD are
Calculation:
Here, ADHE is the trapezoid as AE is parallel to DH .
As EF = FG = GH and AE , BF , CG and DH are parallel to each other then the lines BF and CG are the midsegment of the trapezoid.
Hence,
The length AC is,
The length BD is,
From equations (1) and (2), the length AC is equal to BD .
The length x is calculated as follows:
Thus, the length of x is
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