Question

Geometry math question no Guessing and Please show work thank you

Answer 1

A, B and C are collinear and B is in the middle.

so we have AB + BC =AC

6x +x-5= 23

7x -5=23

adding 5 to both sides

7x=23+5

7x =28

dividing both sides by 7

we get x=28/7 =4

So answer is x=4