Question

medal!

Answer 1

G1 bisects <DGH so that m<DGI is x-3 and m<IGH is 2x=13. Find the value of x.

Answer 2

so let me clarify something m<IGH is 2x=13 so m<IGH = 13?

Answer 3

and G1 is actually GI or am I misunderstanding something?

Answer 4

G1 as in the number and im sorry the last part is suppose to be 2x-13.

Answer 5

Ah I see well have you drawn a diagram of what you are working with?

Answer 6

well iv tried but im really confused.

Answer 7

ok that's fine! So the reason why I asked about the G1 thing is I am pretty sure that it should be an I. Do you know what bisects means?

Answer 8

to divide in two

Answer 9

You could be right on the I... its hard to read it has an arrow across the top

Answer 10

Correct! In other words it divides it into equal portions. So the picture should look something like this:

Answer 11

does that make sense?

Answer 12

yes it does

Answer 13

ok so can you take it from here or do you need more help?

Answer 14

I still need help please

Answer 15

ok sure no problem! so if GI bisects <DGH what does that mean for <DGI and <IGH?

Answer 16

2 separate angles?

Answer 17

well yes but they are equal!!!

Answer 18

make sense?

Answer 19

oh ok yes it does

Answer 20

alright do you know how to go from here?

Answer 21

I know they are equal but im still brain dead as to how to find x.. im really sorry.

Answer 22

haha don't be trust me I have my own problems lol. So you know that they are equal right? But you are also given the equations the correspond to correct?

Answer 23

yes but I guess that's where im getting confused because they aren't the same but they are equal parts.

Answer 24

ahhh so why not set them to equal each other since they are supposed to be the same amount of degrees?

Answer 25

x-3+2x-13?

Answer 26

haha you added them set them equal to each other!

Answer 27

lol ok let me try this 3x-15?

Answer 28

lol I think I lost you somewhere there...ummm so if we set them to equal one another it would be: x - 3 = 2x -13, right?

Answer 29

yea I got lost lol... ok those are the right numbers for the right angles but they don't equal each other that's where im getting confused.

Answer 30

why don't they? didn't we say previously that <DGI and <IGH equal each other?

Answer 31

yes they equal each other .. oh so no matter what the equation they are going to equal?

Answer 32

YUP! so show me the equation.

Answer 33

I thought you just showed me.. x-3=2x-13 I have a feeling im totally lost again

Answer 34

No no no!!! you are right, I just wanted to make sure you got what I was saying during the confusion lol. So what do you do next?

Answer 35

don't I have to get X on one side like x+2x-3+3=2x-2x+3-13
3x=10

Answer 36

Correct way of thinking but you have an error in your math. Do it step by step.

Answer 37

so first move the x's

Answer 38

x-3=2x-13
x-2x-3=2x-2x-13
x-3=13
x-3+3=13+3
x=16

Answer 39

you made a mistake in the third line : x -2x = ?

Answer 40

also (2x-2x -13) = ?

Answer 41

lol ok im rummy and tired now .. is it suppose to be -x and and ohhh yea -13

Answer 42

so what does x = to?

Answer 43

x=-10?

Answer 44

oh so close.
-x-3+3=-13+3

Answer 45

im gonna beat my head on the keyboard... wait isn't that what I said oh no its -x=-10

Answer 46

haha lol yeah those negative signs so does everything make sense now?

Answer 47

yes it does tyvm for all your help lol now I only have 2 more I have to do smh lol

Answer 48

well I am can help if you want

Answer 49

that would be great ... post here?

Answer 50

sure

Answer 51

The midpoint of UV is (5,-11). The coordinates of one endpoint are U(3,5) Find the coordinates of endpoint V.

Answer 52

so do you know how you would start this problem?

Answer 53

im used to the x y graph so im confused on how to graph the points

Answer 54

ok that's fine! so what exactly are you confused about?

Answer 55

you say that you are using a x-y graph right?

Answer 56

yes but its saying UV... do I substitute U(y) v(x)?

Answer 57

so UV just means that you are a line(technically a segment) called UV so like this:

Answer 58

btw that's not where UV actually looks like

Answer 59

ohhhh ok I get it duhh smh

Answer 60

im sorry im really not this stupid all the time just with geometry smh

Answer 61

haha I don't think you are stupid, geometry just isn't your strong suit. My personal weakness is writing. But anyways we know that the mid point of UV is (5,-11) and it has a end point (3,5). If something's a midpoint what does it mean?

Answer 62

it would be the middle

Answer 63

and so the endpoints are what to the mid point?

Answer 64

sorry im trying just exhausted lol .. and Ik this is going to be wrong but the starting and ending points?

Answer 65

Don't worry about it :). If you are in the same time zone as me then you should probably go to sleep but yes they are the starting and ending points but more importantly they are the same distance apart, make sense?

Answer 66

yes perfect sense

Answer 67

alright cool so since we know that the distance between one endpoint is the same as the other we can just draw the point the same distance and in the opposite direction from the the midpoint, make sense?

Answer 68

yes

Answer 69

so how we can do this is by finding the change in x and y from the end point to the mid point and add that change to the mid point to get the other end point

Answer 70

(3,5) (X,-11)?

Answer 71

hmm I am kinda confused as to how you got that, so lets work on this together.

Answer 72

if the end point is 3,5 and the midpoint is 5,-11 the change is what for x and what for y?

Answer 73

:/ im so lost.. when I try to graph those they don't come anywhere close together so im not sure what im looking at or for

Answer 74

haha it's fine here let me draw you a picture.

Answer 75

does this make sense?