Help Me Please!!!!!

F is the midpoint of AB and E is the midpoint of AC
If FE=x+5 and BC=3x+2, what is FE?
a.)10
b.)11
c.)12
d.)13

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Help Me Please!!!!!

F is the midpoint of AB and E is the midpoint of AC
If FE=x+5 and BC=3x+2, what is FE?
a.)10
b.)11
c.)12
d.)13

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Please Help

anonymous · Answer

:(

anonymous · Answer

@jdoe0001  do you think you'd be able to help me??

jdoe0001 · Answer

http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/gp10/midlinel.htm any ideas?

anonymous · Answer

it still hard to do, and i looked at that and i don't understand that.... :(

anonymous · Answer

I just don't understand it at all, and I have looked at alot of examples but can never get it sadly :(

jdoe0001 · Answer

hmm    well  using the side-splitter theorem
hmm lemme check

jdoe0001 · Answer

notice that the midsegment  in that link
DE is 1/2 of the longer AB

anonymous · Answer

yes

jdoe0001 · Answer

|dw:1416092940110:dw|    and you have those values   thus
we konw that  FE = x+5
and that          BC = 3x+2

thus $\bf FE=x+5\qquad BC=3x+2\qquad FE=\cfrac{1}{2}BC\to \cfrac{BC}{2}\quad thus
\ \quad \
x+5=\cfrac{3x+2}{2}$

solve for "x"

anonymous · Answer

shoot okay so you would end up with x=2 
am i right??

anonymous · Answer

i don't think i did that correct....

jdoe0001 · Answer

well.. is not 2

anonymous · Answer

okay so i did do that wrong..

anonymous · Answer

so what is x???