Question

Can someone help me with this? Please

Answer 1

Answer:

I'm kind of confused what the question is asking. If they are asking for an expression to represent JL then the answer is 14x -32. If they want to know the distance between J and L then the answer is 66

Step-by-step explanation:

First I set the 2 equations equal to each other (5x-2 = 9x -30) and solved this to get x =7. (ANSWER ONE)

Next I plugged 7 into one of the equations (in this case either one will work bc JK and KL are the same distance. so I plugged 7 into the first one ( 5(7) -2 ) and I got 33. This means the distance of JK (and KL since they are equal) is 33.

Next I multiplied 33 by 2 since JL is JK and KL combined ( JK and KL are both 33 and therefore adding them together (multiplying 33×2) will give you the length of JL) and I got 66 (ANSWER 2)

Sorry if this is super confusing