Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
In a parallelogram, this one in particular:
KR = RM
JR = RL
We are looking in the end for the length of JR, but that means that we need to solve for x somehow to plug in the expression for JL, and then split that in half. Here's how we're going to go about it. I know that
KM = KR + RM, but since KR and RM are the same length, the equation becomes
KM = 2KR. Filling that in with the expressions I'm given for KM and KR:
3x - 5 = 2(x + 7) and
3x - 5 = 2x + 14 and
x = 19. Now I can find the length of JL:
JL = 4x - 10 so
JL = 4(19) - 10 and
JL = 66
Knowing that JR = RL and JL is 66 units long, JR = RL = 33 units each.
