Question

Find the length of the mid segment.

Answer 1

42 or B

Explanation:

So the top triangle is similar to the whole triangle by AA similarity. It has a ratio of 1:2. So 4x+2:4x+44 is 1:2. So 8x+4=4x+44. Simplifying, we get 4x=40 or x=10 So 4x+2=42