1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Fittoniya [83]
3 years ago
11

Point J is on line segment IK. Given JK = 2x, IJ = 5x, and IK = x + 6, determine the numerical length of JK.

Mathematics
1 answer:
Andre45 [30]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

JK = 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

JK = 2x

IJ = 5x

IK = x + 6

Required

Solve for JK.

Since J is on IK, we have:

IK = IJ + JK

x + 6 = 5x + 2x

x + 6 = 7x

Collect Like Terms

7x - x = 6

6x = 6

Solve for x

x = 6/6

x = 1

Substitute 1 for x in JK = 2x

JK = 2 * 1

JK = 2

You might be interested in
HELP ASAP<br> Compare the volume of these two shapes, given the radii are the same.
Schach [20]

Answer:

The left cylinder has greater than the right cylinder.

Step-by-step explanation:

Volume of a cylinder is the area of a base times the height.

As the radii are identical, the area of each base is πr²

As the left cylinder has greater height, it also has greater volume.

8 0
3 years ago
Ruby uses 7.2 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 3/4 of this amount is blue paint, and the rest is
Nuetrik [128]

Answer:

1 4/5 or 1.8 pints are white

Step-by-step explanation:

1/4 of 7 1/5 = 1/4 x 36/5 = 36/20 or 9/5, which is 1 4/5

5 0
3 years ago
PLEASE WILL NAME BRAINLIST
oksano4ka [1.4K]
The difference between 11.0 and 12.5 is 1.5 and same with 12.5 and 14.0, so 1.5 is what the hair increases by every THREE months but if you want to find PER month, you are going to divide 1.5 by those 3 months to get .5 inches per month, so your slope will be 1/2
5 0
3 years ago
Simplify the algebraic expression.<br> 5(5x-3) - 6x
lord [1]
19x-15 is the answer
8 0
3 years ago
The contents of a cell in a spreadsheet are shown below. 4.7893541EE-6 What number does the contents of the cell represent?
matrenka [14]

Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

6 0
4 years ago
Other questions:
  • 100 textbooks increased by 99%
    12·1 answer
  • Sally either walks, cycles or drives to work. She walks about 15% of the time and drives about 3/5 of the time. What percentage
    6·1 answer
  • Trevor bakes 8 batches of biscuits,with 14biscuits in each batch.he sets aside 4 biscuits from each batch for a bake sale and pu
    6·2 answers
  • 12. For angle A it is known that sin(A)&gt;0 and tan (A) &lt;0. If A is drawn in standard position, in which quadrant
    12·1 answer
  • Idk how to solve this lol
    11·2 answers
  • The sum of two numbers is no more than 28. Let x represent the first number, and let y represent the second number. Which
    14·1 answer
  • Y = 5x - 10<br> Can you solve for x
    10·2 answers
  • How would the frog hop to meet the following requirements?
    8·1 answer
  • Can anyone find the area to this?
    5·1 answer
  • SOLVE FOR X AND THEN SOLVE FOR A
    14·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!