Question

Given: Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF. Segment AR is a median in triangle ABC and segment DS is a median in triangle DEF.
AB = 2x + 5, DE = x + 7, AR = 24, DS = 18. What is the value of x?

Answer 1

i feel it is 13/2

Answer 2

the answer choices are 14, 11, 0.2, 6.5

Answer 3

obviously \[\frac{13}{2} = 6.5\]