Segment addition postulate What’s the answer?

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CK MacLeod · Answer 1 · 2021-05-09T16:34:58+0000

$\bf Step-by-step~explanation:$

Keep in mind: The entire line segment (VX) is equal to 14.

$\bf Step~1:$

Let's see how the line segment looks like first.

Line segment VX is 14 units long.

14

______________

V X

W is on the line segment somewhere, and VW is equal to 3.

3 ?

______________

V W X

$\bf Step~2:$

We have to solve for the ?. Let's put ? as x. So now we are solving for x.

We have to set up our equation like this:

x + 3 = 14

Since our unknown value plus 3 is equal to 14, we have to subtract 3 from 14 to get our answer.

14 - 3 = 11

3 11

______________

V W X

$\large\boxed {\bf Our~final~answer: ~WX=11}$