Question

find the values of the variables and the lengths of the sides of this kite

Answer 1

first, u have to solve this :
2x+5=x+12, solve for x

Answer 2

x = 7.5 ?

Answer 3

how come ?

Answer 4

what do you mean lol

Answer 5

show to me ur processing to get x=7.5 :p

Answer 6

i subtracted 5 from 12 and then got
2x = x + 7
and then i got
x = 0.5 + 7
i'm pretty sure everything i did was wrong haha

Answer 7

hehe, nopes... u are wonderwoman ;)
sorry i cut ur way, from 2x = x + 7
u have to subtract by x to both sides, giving us
2x-x = x+7-x
x = 7

Answer 8

i was close! haha. is the whole answer to the problem what we just did?

Answer 9

no, next determine the value of y

Answer 10

oh my gosh hahaha how do i do that?

Answer 11

look at ur diagram, the length of top part is same. it means :
y - 4 = x + 5
now, put x=7 giving us
y - 4 = 7 + 5 or
y - 4 = 12
solve for y, try it ...

Answer 12

y = 16

Answer 13

exactly..

Answer 14

woooo! thanks your awesome

Answer 15

but, u still have 2 problems :p

Answer 16

aw man hahaha

Answer 17

hehehe, u just calculating the length of sides of the kite ...
look at ur diagram again, just put the value of x and y have u found it

Answer 18

12 and 19

Answer 19

good job, that's right ...

Answer 20

yaaaay thank you :)

Answer 21

very welcome ;)