In the following figures GUNS and RUNS are parallelograms. Find x and y.

(i) 3y – 1 = 26 [In a parallelogram opposite sides are of equal length]


3y = 26 + 1


Y =


Y = 9 units


3x = 18 [In a parallelogram opposite sides are of equal length]


x =


x = 6 units


(ii) y – 7 = 20 [In a parallelogram diagonals bisect each other]


y = 20 + 7


Y = units


x-y = 16 [In a parallelogram diagonals bisect each other]


x -27 = 16


x = 16 + 27 = 43 units


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