Question

PLEASE HELP

Is there any sort of calculator or problem solver online that can let me input problems like these? I have absolutely no idea how to solve them, I have a ton of them, and I'm low on time to solve them. :(

Answer 1

First you must know that the sides 2x and x + 8 are equal to each other and sides x and 3x - 16 are equal to each other.

This means you can make a formula like so:

2x = x + 8

and

x = 3x - 16

Now you may solve for x for both of them (you should get the same answer for both x's)

2x - x = (x - x) + 8

x = 8

and

x - 3x = (3x - 3x) - 16

-2x = -16

-2x/-2 = -16/-2

x = 8

To find the length of each side just replace x with 8!

Hope this helped!

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