Answer:
AABC and AXYZ are similar triangles. The lengths of two sides of each triangle are shown. Find the lengths of the third side of each triangle
Answer:
-3,8
Step-by-step explanation:
X/4 + 12 = 5
to isolate the variable the first step is to subtract 12 from both sides
x/4 + 12 - 12 = 5 - 12
x/4 = -7
next, to get rid of the division by 4, multiply both sides by 4
(x/4)*4 = -7*4
x = -28
When adding/subtracting fractions you need a common denominator, but you already have one, which is x-3. So in general:
a/c-b/c=(a-b)/c so you just have:
(2x-6)/(x-3) now if you factor 2 from the numerator
2(x-3)/(x-3) the (x-3)s cancel out leaving
2
However! Note that division by zero is undefined, so x cannot equal 3. (because both original fractions had denominators of x-3)
What this all means is that that expression will equal 2 for all real values of x other than 3.