Question

Find x.

Answer 1

the midsegment is always half of the segment that it's parallel to

Answer 2

so

5x+2 = (1/2)*(3x + 32)

Answer 3

multiply both sides by 2 to get

2(5x+2) = 3x+32

now solve for x

Answer 4

x=4 right? then I would just plug that in to the equations right?

Answer 5

you got it, it's x = 4

since it only wants you to find x, you're done

but if you want, you can use x to find the length of both the midsegment and the other parallel side by plugging x = 4 in

Answer 6

Ok thank you! :)

Answer 7

np