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Question
In the following figure GUNS and RUNS are parallelogram. Find x and y.

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Solution
\[\text{ Opposite sides are equal in a parallelogram } . \]
\[ \therefore 3y - 1 = 26\]
\[3y = 27\]
\[y = 9\]
\[\text{ Similarly }, 3x = 18\]
\[x = 6\]
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