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D is between C and E. CE = 6x, CD = 4x + 8, and DE = 28. Find CE.

Please Answer ASAP!!!
(BTW it's high school geometry)

User Boojum
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Answer:

CE=108

Explanation:

*I don't have my phone with me so I can't add a picture of what I drew*

First, draw a line. On one end, write C. On the other end, write E. In the middle of them, write D. The question states that CE=6x, so on the bottom of the line, write 6x. On top on the first half write 4x+8 (between C and D). On the other half between D and E write 28.

According the the information we have been given and the diagram we made, CD+DE=CE. Hence, (4x+8)+28=6x

(4x+8)+28=6x (subtract four from both sides)

8+28=6x-4x (combine like terms)

36=2x (divide two from both sides)

x=18

Now, substitute 18 for x in 6x (CE=6x)

CE=6(18)

CE=108

I hope this helped :DD

User Nitin Jadhav
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the answer is 48 bc 4x+8+28=6x then simplify to get 4x+36=6x subtract 4x to get 2x=36 divide by two to get x=18 6x8=48
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