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(x + 4) mm
What is the value of x according to this picture?

(x + 4) mm What is the value of x according to this picture?-example-1
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Answer:

x = 24

Explanation:

The angle bisector creates proportional corresponding line segments on either side of it. That is ...

(35 mm)/(56 mm) = (x +4) mm/(44.8 mm)

Multiplying by 44.8, you have

44.8 ยท (35/56) = x + 4

28 = x + 4 simplify

24 = x subtract 4

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