Question

If AB = x + 3, DB = 2x – 1, and BC = 3x – 5, what is the length of AC?

Answer 1

AB + BC = AC right? So x+3 + 3x-5 = 4x-2

Answer 2

umm the answer choices are 4,7,8, and 14 ... ?

Answer 3

Are you looking at a line segment or some other shape.. ?

Answer 4

a line segment

Answer 5

Does it say what kind of numbers x can be? If it says that x can only be integers than the only possible answer is 14 when x=4 because 4(4)-2 = 14