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Given parallelogram ABCD, diagonals AC and BD intersect at point E. AE=2x, BE=y+10, CE=x+2 and DE=4y−8. Find y.
A. 16
B. 6
C. 18
D. 32

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Answer:

  B. 6

Step-by-step explanation:

The diagonals of a parallelogram intersect at their midpoints, so ...

  DE = BE

  4y -8 = y +10

  3y = 18 . . . . . . . add 8-y

  y = 6 . . . . . . . . divide by 3

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Additional comment

The value of x is found the same way:

  2x = x+2   ⇒   x = 2

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