Hi! for x, you need to do 2x-8 = x+17 and solve, because since b is the midpoint, ab and bc would be congruent.

2x-8 = x+17
1x-8 = 17
1x = 25
x = 25

in order to find ab, you plug in the x into the expression.

ab = 2x-8
ab = 2(25)-8
ab = 42

do the same for bc:

bc = x + 17
bc = 25 + 17
bc = 42

and for ac, combine the two expressions and plug in the value for x.

ac = ab + bc
ac = 2x-8 + x+17
ac = 2(25)-8 + 25+17
ac = 84

i hope this helped! have a good day/night :)

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3 years ago

J.c. Penny sells a timed watch for $139.99 that cost$89.97. J.C. Penny’s percent of markup based on the selling price is:

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So it cost them 89.97 and they're selling it for 139.99, the difference is 50.02.

so, the markup is 50.02, if we take 89.97 to be the 100%, how much is 50.02 off of that in percentage?

$\bf \begin{array}{ccll}
amount&\%\\
\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\
89.97&100\\
50.02&p
\end{array}\implies\cfrac{89.97}{50.02}=\cfrac{100}{p}\implies p=\cfrac{50.02\cdot 100}{89.97}$

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3 years ago