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imyoursgirlsgirl:

math help

imyoursgirlsgirl:

lucasp16:

An equilateral triangle has 3 equal sides, so you need to set the equations equal to each other and solve for x. Then plug x back into one of the expressions to give you the length of one side.

Rival:

1. add 9 to both sides 2.simplify 23 + 9 to 32 3. Divide both sides by 3

imyoursgirlsgirl:

x=4?

lucasp16:

yes, nice job =)

Owls:

An equilateral triangle has 3 equal sides, so you need to set the equations equal to each other and solve for x. Then plug x back into one of the expressions to give

imyoursgirlsgirl:

ok then plug it in lucas?

Owls:

rrrrrrrrre

lucasp16:

yes, you can choose which one to plug it into, it doesn't matter

imyoursgirlsgirl:

i got 14

lucasp16:

what did you do to get 14?

imyoursgirlsgirl:

i plugged 4 into the first equation and the other one then add the results and got 14

lucasp16:

you just plug it into one of them, and you should get the same answer no matter which one you choose

imyoursgirlsgirl:

oh i didnt

lucasp16:

what did you get?

imyoursgirlsgirl:

one was 19 and the other was-5

lucasp16:

ok let me do the 1st one with you then x=4 3x-9 3(4)-9 12-9 3

imyoursgirlsgirl:

OH YEAH I RE-DID IT sorry for caps

imyoursgirlsgirl:

got 3 for both

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