So, these are actually pretty simple once you learn the equality used to solve for "x" and when to implement this method. You can use this equality to solve for a segment "x" anytime that two secant lines cutting through a circle come from the same point outside the circle.
Secant: by geometric definition is just a straight line that cuts a curve into multiple pieces.
I did one of them for you hopefully you can use my work for "a" to help you solve for "b".
For a. I got x=7.
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
Let
be the number of gallons so
is the number of miles traveled per
gallons.
We know for our problem that Brian's car gets 25 miles per gallon. Since the gallons is represented by
, his car will travel a total distance of 25g (where g is the number of gallons.
We also know that the total distance is given by
, so we can put the two expressions together to get our function:

Let's check:
- If he uses 1 gallon (g=1), so

miles
He will travel 25 miles with one gallon.
- If he uses 2 gallons (g=2), so


He will travel 50 miles with two gallon.
Answer:
9
Step-by-step explanation:
18 times 1
then divided by 2
is 9
The first and last one are the same the teo middle ones are the same. the two middle ones equal -20 and the last and first one equal 20. this is for the question above problem 3.2
Answer:
E, C, B
Step-by-step explanation:
Each of these is independent to any car.