One side of the parallelogram is 2.5m longer than it's adjacent side if the perimeter of the parallelogram is 51 find the measure of all sides
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Let the shorter side be x
A.T.Q.
longer side = shorter side + 2.5
= x + 2.5
Perimeter = 2(x + (x + 2.5))
= 2(2x + 2.5)
=4x + 5
Given perimeter = 51
51 = 4x + 5
46 = 4x
x = 11.5
Longer side = x + 2.5
= 11.5 + 2.5
= 14
Sides are --- 14 , 11.5 , 14 , 11.5
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