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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

sure, looks ok to me

OpenStudy (anonymous):

could you help me on a couple more so sorry something happened at school and teacher didn't explain but im learning alot now

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

sure.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i only need help on 27

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

the diagram is a bit hard to read, can you tell me what the blue numbers are?

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

1.6x, x, and 6 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol yup

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

well, the segment postulate theorem tells us that length of the whole segment = lengths of each smaller segment added together 1.6x = x + 6 start by subtracting x from each side, what do you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1.6x-x=6?

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

right, keep going 1.6x - x = __x?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

um lol dk sorry

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

1.6 - 1 = 0.6 1.6x - x = ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

.6x?

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

right. now we have 0.6x = 6 divide both sides by 0.6, what do you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

10

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

riight, so x = 10 now, EG = 1.6*x = ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what i dont understand is i thought they give you the length of eg, because the 1.6x spans the whole length of the diargram

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

well, yes, EG is 1.6x, meaning 1.6 times x. HOWEVER, we need to figure out what x is first, by solving 1.6x = x + 0.6 does that make sense?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so x is 10

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

right, x = 10 now, we can use that to find EG EG = 1.6*x = ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its 16!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right?

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

yup! excellent work

OpenStudy (anonymous):

k that is all for now thanks

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