Question

Given that FC is the median of trapezoid GBDE, find the value of the median.
Select one:
a. 19
b. 21
c. 27
d. 42

Answer 1

27+15/2=21 nikki. you should know this :)

Answer 2

What about this one?
Find the value of x:
Select one:
a. 10
b. 12
c. 24
d. 36

Answer 3

i'm afraid it must be 4.

Answer 4

so none of these are correct?

Answer 5

@marsss

Answer 6

i think so

Answer 7

hmmm

Answer 8

how did you get 4? @marsss

Answer 9

i think the median is 21. but what you calculated was x, which is kind of redundant

Answer 10

21=4x+5

16=4x

x=4

Answer 11

the median is 21

Answer 12

because the median is given by 4x+5. but you didn't need to calculate x to know what the median was.

Answer 13

get me?

Answer 14

do you know what x is @chris00

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

yes x=4, but you don't need to solve for it to 'find the value of the median' which is the problem statement.

Answer 17

the median is already defined as
\[median=\frac{ GB+ED }{ 2 }\]

Answer 18

um okay

Answer 19

perhaps there is a follow on question which makes you solve for x.

Answer 20

but here, x is clearly not the median. 4x+5 is the median

Answer 21

so the median is b)21

Answer 22

get me?

Answer 23

yes but i posted another question Find the value of x:
Select one:
a. 10
b. 12
c. 24
d. 36

Answer 24

is there a different trapezoid for this problem?

Answer 25

no its the same one

Answer 26

hmm perhaps take a picture of the entire picture. Because, yes x=4

Answer 27

if it is actually the same question, then perhaps email your teacher about it with a print screen of the question.

Answer 28

that is a different question...

Answer 29

its wants to solve for x Find the value of x:
Select one:
a. 10
b. 12
c. 24
d. 36

Answer 30

i messed up sorry

Answer 31

i can't see what the words say at the top of the page

Answer 32

in the question

Answer 33

12/(12+x)=5/15

they are proportional triangles, because the bases are parallel

can you solve it?

Answer 34

you could have just found the ratio of the first small triangle 12/5. and then multiply that my 10 to get x.

12/5 *10=24

Answer 35

different ways to get the same answer.