ABCD is a parallelogram and A(-b,-a) ,B(a,-3 ),C(5,a), D(-2,a) are given find the ratio of a/b
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Parallelogram problem
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Hint: Opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal in length.
Therefore using the distance formula, we get:
$(a+b)^2+(a-3)^2=(7)^2$
$(5-a)^2 +(a+3)^2=(b-2)^2+(2a)^2$
You can solve these two equations to get the value of $a$ and $b$ and then find the necessary ratio.