A is the midpoint of XY
a. Find XA
b. Find AY and XY
.___________________________.
X A Y

Question

A is the midpoint of XY
a. Find XA
b. Find AY and XY
.___________________________.
X                        A                     Y

aum · Answer

The question is not clear.  Can you post a screenshot of the question?

anonymous · Answer

http://gyazo.com/014d0be2525e1b930f51c1107129a164

aum · Answer

Okay, you left out the 3x and the the (5x - 6) from the question.
If A is the midpoint of XY then XA = AY.

Equate the two expressions:  3x = 5x - 6 and solve for x first.

anonymous · Answer

x=3

anonymous · Answer

ik that part but idk what to do after

anonymous · Answer

plug it back in?

aum · Answer

put x back in the original expression and calculate XA.  
Then AY will be same as XA
XY will be two times XA.

aum · Answer

Just to make sure, is the expression on the right 5x -6 or 5x - 8?  It is cropped a bit to tell.

anonymous · Answer

5x-6

anonymous · Answer

http://gyazo.com/3a268598dbd84c0f07db848eb9825d49

anonymous · Answer

Just a bit of help pls :3

anonymous · Answer

do I just subtract?

aum · Answer

exactly same method as used in the previous problem.
In the figure you can see that T is the midpoint of PQ because PQ is divided into four equal parts as indicated by the division marks and T is in the middle.
Therefore, PT = TQ.
In each case equate PT = TQ, solve for x. Then put x back in PT and calculate the length.

anonymous · Answer

hey

anonymous · Answer

http://gyazo.com/d270f6b85627f1b226b531c28b6ecfa7