Question

Help please!
B is the midpoint of line segment AC and D is the midpoint of line segment CE. Solve for x, given BD=3x+5 and Ae=4x+20.

Answer 1

well i can tell you one thing for sure
lets say that the line BD is just B
and the line AE is just A
i know that B is one half of A

Answer 2

and we know what B and A are

Answer 3

How do I fully show my work for this problem?
\[(3x+5)=(4x+20)\div2\]

Answer 4

nevermind!! XD

Answer 5

Yeah I didn't think I did XD

Answer 6

idk why i did that!!! XD bad math you are right

Answer 7

okay so you have it right now you just need to do algebra

Answer 8

I've tried working it out, and for some reason it just ends up as a mess.
I only come here unless its true dire need lol

Answer 9

\(3x+5=\frac{ 4x+20 }{ 2 } \)

Answer 10

\(3x+5=2x+10\)

Answer 11

did you do this step?
show me what you did so i can see

Answer 12

I subtract 5 from both sides, right?

Answer 13

yup!

Answer 14

so now we get \(3x=2x+5\)

Answer 15

Yeah, that's where I'm at.

Answer 16

do you know that you can subtract 2x from both sides?

Answer 17

what is 3x - 2x?

Answer 18

1x, which is actually just x.

Answer 19

and what is 2x - 2x

Answer 20

Nothing, they cancel each other out.

Answer 21

Meaning x=5, right?

Answer 22

yeah!

Answer 23

Yhank you so much, I really appropriate that, huge help!

Answer 24

no problem