Question

help

Answer 1

@e.mccormick @amistre64 @ganeshie8 @Jhannybean @jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

from the picture, what do you think about EC, is EC = AE or is it bigger or smaller?

Answer 3

its half

Answer 4

well, you have rhombus, and in a rhombus the diagonals bisect each in half
so AE = EC
so if AE = 3x -7, then EC = 3x-7
AC = AE + EC
we know AC = 28
so
28 = AE + EC
28 = (3x-7) + (3x-7)

so if you solve for "x", what would that give you?

Answer 5

28

Answer 6

28?

Answer 7

idk im confused

Answer 8

Expand the right hand aside of the equation

Answer 9

Side*

Answer 10

well, you'd just need to factor
28 = (3x-7) + (3x-7)

cancel out like-terms
and solve for "x"

Answer 11

What are you canceling out? You get 28 = 6 x -14 ?

Answer 12

im confused ?

Answer 13

well, nothing really, but anyhow, that

Answer 14

divagirl421 if you dunno how to factor, I'd suggest you may want to check those chapters first, and I'd think this exercises doesn't apply to you

Answer 15

Just isolate your xs on one aside and your constants on the other. This means adding +14 to both sides

Answer 16

i mean you guys are confusing me with how to do it @jdoe0001 is saying one thing and @Jhannybean is saying something else

Answer 17

Ok did you understand his first post? @divagirl421

Answer 18

i understand what you said

Answer 19

there's no issue between what Jhannybean is saying and myself, he's just pointing out a technicality, is all

Answer 20

I'm expanding on his explanation. Working off a phone atm so its kind of hard to wrote out equations.

Answer 21

She* -_-

Answer 22

42=6x

Answer 23

is whats left

Answer 24

but bear in mind we're assuming you do know how to factor, sadly I see some folks here often times just "doing it for others" and thus people dunno later on

skipping this or that material it'll simply won't help

Answer 25

And what so you get when you divide 42 by 6?


Think of your 6 table

Answer 26

um @jdoe0001 you need to apologize for calling her a guy

Answer 27

7

Answer 28

42 = 6x, yes, now just diviide each side by 6

Answer 29

Good job.

Answer 30

heheh, alright, didn't know ma'am :)

Answer 31

-points to display picture-