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Find the value of x & y in the parallelogram.

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Find the values of x and y in the following parallelogram.

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Adjacent angles of a parallelogram are supplementary.

⇒120

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+(5x+10)

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=180

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⇒5x+10

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+120

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=180

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⇒5x=180

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−130

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⇒5x=50

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⇒x=10

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Also, opposite angles of parallelogram are equal.

⇒6y=120

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⇒y=20

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