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Find the value of x in (5,x),(x,14) so that the line line containing them is 7/2.

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Answer:

7

Explanation:

If what you meant by 7/2 was the slope of the line then we can plug in the two points into the slope formula to get our line:

14-x/x-5 = 7/2

This means that 14 - x = 7 and x - 5 = 2. We can see that 14 -7 = 7 and 7 - 5 = 2,

meaning that the value of x should be 7.

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