Question

Someone please help me I don’t know this :(

Answer 1

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Answer:

  x = 10; WX = 5; HJ = 10

Step-by-step explanation:

The hash marks indicate that points W and X are midpoints of their respective segments. That makes WX a midline of the triangle. The midline is always half the length of the base (HJ). We can use this fact to write an equation relating the lengths.

  HJ = 2·WX

  x = 2(x -5) . . . .substitute the given expressions

  x = 2x -10 . . . . eliminate parentheses

  10 = x . . . . . . . add 10-x to both sides

This value of x tells you that ...

  HJ = x = 10

  WX = x -5 = 5