10.68 each for the 2 same length sides. The total of the 5 sides is 45.56 less the 3 sides which total 24.2 leaves 21.36 remaining for the 2 equal length sides. So divide 21.36 by 2 = 10.68
(45.56 - 24.2)/2 = 10.68
The answer that I got was side WX = 12 inches
It says that WY is congruent to XY which means that they are the same. That means that XY is also 3m-4. It also says that the perimeter of the triangle is 76 inches.
With this information I set up an equation:
3m-4 + 3m-4 +m = 76
(The number on the right side is the perimeter given to us in the problem and the numbers on the left side are the 3 side lengths).
I combined like terms on the left side and ended up with:
7m-8=76
I added 8 to both sides of the equation and got 7m=84.
Finally I divided both sides by 7 and got m=12
m is equivalent to side WX..
Hope this helps!
2x-6=2x+2
We move all terms to the left:
2x-6-(2x+2)=0
We get rid of parentheses
2x-2x-2-6=0
We add all the numbers together, and all the variables
-8!=0
There is no solution for this equation
