Homework Help: geometry

Posted by morgan on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 9:47pm.

since segment KL and segment LM are congruent, set up an equation to solve for x. What is the value of x?

K (5x-4) L (3x+12) M

geometry - MathMate, Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 10:46pm
if KL = LM
then
(5x-4) = 3x+12
isolate x on the left
5x-3x = 12 + 4
can you continue?

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