Keep in mind: The entire line segment (VX) is equal to 14.
Let's see how the line segment looks like first.
Line segment VX is 14 units long.
14
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V X
W is on the line segment somewhere, and VW is equal to 3.
3 ?
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V W X
We have to solve for the <em>?.</em> Let's put ? as x. So now we are solving for x.
We have to set up our equation like this:
x + 3 = 14
Since our unknown value plus 3 is equal to 14, we have to subtract 3 from 14 to get our answer.
14 - 3 = 11
3 11
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V W X