Answer:
The length of the parallelogram is 20 meters.
The width of the parallelogram is 18 meters.
Explanation:
The perimter of a parallelogram is calculated by addition of the lengths of all the enclosed sides.
⇒ x + (x - 2) + x + (x -2) = 76
Remove the brackets
x + x - 2 + x + x - 2 = 76
Collecting the like terms, we have
4x - 4 = 76
4x = 80
x = 80/4
x = 20 meters, which is the length of the parallelogram.
For width, we have,
20 - 2 = 18 meters.
