Question

Find the value of a in the parallelogram shown to the right. Note that the figure is not drawn to scale.68(2x+3850a=(Simplify your answer.)

Answer 1

$\begin{gathered} 2a+38=68 \\ 2a=68-38 \\ 2a=30 \\ a=\frac{30}{2} \\ a=15 \\ \text{The value of a is 15} \end{gathered}$