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Solve for x in triangle similarity

Solve for x in triangle similarity-example-1
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"The segment connecting the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equals its half length"


so that:

(x-3)=0.5(2+x)

solve for x:
x=8

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