The answer is 8.45498149331, you can round it to the nearest thousandths place though, too.

Start with the original expression.

Use the Distributive Property — multiply
by both
and
.

Combine the like terms — add up all the constants.

Reorder the terms.

No, because the sum of the measures shorter legnths of the sides must be greater than the measure of the greatest angle
4+8=12
so therefor the side legnths if you tried to make into a triangle, it would make a line 12 units long
<span>no is the answer</span>
Hello, the answer is x=-1/2
Here are the steps....
<span><span><span><span><span>−<span>7x</span></span>+12</span>+</span>−<span>2x</span></span>=<span>23+<span>13x</span></span></span><span><span><span>(<span><span>−<span>7x</span></span>+<span>−<span>2x</span></span></span>)</span>+<span>(12)</span></span>=<span><span>13x</span>+23</span></span>(Combine Like Terms)<span><span><span>−<span>9x</span></span>+12</span>=<span><span>13x</span>+23</span></span><span><span><span>−<span>9x</span></span>+12</span>=<span><span>13x</span>+<span>23
</span></span></span><span><span><span><span>−<span>9x</span></span>+12</span>−<span>13x</span></span>=<span><span><span>13x</span>+23</span>−<span>13x</span></span></span><span><span><span>−<span>22x</span></span>+12</span>=<span>23
</span></span><span><span><span><span>−<span>22x</span></span>+12</span>−12</span>=<span>23−12</span></span><span><span>−<span>22x</span></span>=<span>11
</span></span><span><span>−<span>22x</span></span><span>−22</span></span>=<span><span><span>11<span>−22</span></span></span></span><span>x=<span><span><span>−1</span>2</span></span></span><span>
</span>Hope this helps you!!