BD = 2x-4
But it's also BE - CE + CD
BE is 3x-1
CE is 2x-3
CD is 2
so
BD = 3x-1 -(2x-3) +2
simplified
BD = 1x +4
since BD = BD (obviously), we can also say that the righthand sides of the two equation must be equal
2x -4 = 1x +4
let's solve for x and that put it into either of the 2 equations.
2x -4 = 1x +4
subtract 1x on both sides
x -4 = 4
add 4 on both sides
x = 8
substitute x for its value in 2x -4 = 1x +4
(this way we double check BD in two expressions at once. the equation should come out true, meaning same value for BD in each expression. both sides should be equal).
2*8 -4 = 1*8 +4
12 = 12
seems true
BD is safely 12
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Answer:
A rectangular prism has 12 edges.
Volume is legnth times width times height so 3 dimentions
thee teacher probabl y wants you to factor the trinomial into 3 factors so
x^3+5x^2-24x
first factor out x
x(x^2+5x-24)
then factor
find what 2 numbers multiply to get -24 and add to get 5
the numbers are -3 and 8
x^2+5x-24 factors to
(x-3)(x+8)
the factored form is
(x)(x-3)(x+8)=volume
no dimention can be ≤0 so therefor
x≤0
x-3≤0
add 3
x≤3
x+8≤0
subtract 8
x≤-8
so the values for x is x<3
so if you had the volume, let's say 42 then
x^3+5x^2-24x=42
subtract 42 from both sides
x^3+5x^2-24x-42=0
factor and set each to zero to find the dimentions
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