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SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE AND SHOW WORK

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User Enrico Marchesin
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Hi! I'm happy to help!

To solve for WX, we have to find the length of the part of the line that isn't XY. Since we know the full length of the line, we subtract the length of XY from WY to get WX:

100-89.6

10.4

The length of WX is 10.4 centimeters.

I hope this was helpful, keep learning :D

User Keybee
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Answer: WX = 10.4 cm

Concept:

Here, we need to know the idea of the segment addition postulate.

The Segment Addition Postulate states that given 2 points A and C, a third point B lies on the line segment AC if and only if the distances between the points satisfy the equation AB + BC = AC.

Solve:

Given information

XY = 89.6 cm

WY = 100 cm

Given expression deducted from the segment addition postulate

WX = WY - XY

Substitute values into the expression

WX = 100 - 89.6

Simplify by subtraction

WX =
\boxed{10.4cm}

Hope this helps!! :)

Please let me know if you have any questions

User Dmitriy Stupivtsev
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