AE = 10 and EC = 10
1) Let's find out the measure of each section of those diagonals. Since in a parallelogram their diagonals are bisected. So we can write:
2y = y+5 Subtract y from both sides
2y -y = 5
y= 5
x+1 = 3x -13
x-3x = -13 -1
-2x =-14
2x = 14
x = 7
2) As we now know the measure of each half of those diagonals we can write:
AE = 2y
AE = 2(5)
AE = 10
EC = y+5,
EC =10
DE = x +1
DE = 8
EB = 3(7) -13 = 8
3) Hence, the correct measures are AE = 10 and EC = 10
