They are <em><u>not</u></em><u> </u>equivalent. When you <em>distribute the 1/4</em>, the <em><u>expressions are different</u></em>.
If 68 is a prime number, then the only factors it has are 1 and 68.
If it has any other factors besides 1 and 68, then it's NOT prime.
Right away, without any higher math, you can look at just the last digit
in 68 . The last digit is '8'. That tells you that '68' is an even number,
and THAT tells you that '2' must be one of its factors. So '68' is not a
prime number.
The factors of 68 are 1, 2, 4, 17, 34, and 68 .
68 has four more factors besides 1 and 68, so it's not a prime number.
Answer:
x = 2
Step-by-step explanation:
AB is given as 3(3x-1) multiply inside the parenthesis with 3
AB = 9x - 3
AC is given as 5(2x+2) multiply inside the parenthesis with 5
AC = 10x + 10
if B is midpoint of AC then AB = BC and AC = AB + BC if we write this equation using the given values
9x - 3 + 9x - 3 = 10x + 10 add like terms
18x - 6 = 10x + 10 transfer like terms to the same side of the equation
18x - 10x = 10 + 6
8x = 16 divide both sides by 8
x = 2 replace x with 2 in given expressions to find the value of each component
