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In the figure, PQRS is a parallelogram with PQ = 16 cm and QR = 10 cm. L is a point  on PR such that `RL : LP = 2:3`. QL produced meets RS at M and PS produced at N.
Find the lengths of PN and RM. 

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`PN = 15 cm and RM = 10 2/3 cm`
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