SOLUTION: Please help me solve these equations: Line segment: AB=2x, BC=4x-3, CD=3x, DE=2x+3 Given: The length of BD exceeds the length of CE by 10. What is the length of CD? Which i

Question 159875: Please help me solve these equations:
Line segment: AB=2x, BC=4x-3, CD=3x, DE=2x+3
Given: The length of BD exceeds the length of CE by 10.
What is the length of CD?
Which is longer, AC or CE?
What is the total length of AE?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length of BD exceeds the length of CE by 10.
1.
I'm assuming the following

Then substituting,

Then, going back to eq. 1,
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Now to the questions,
What is the length of CD?

Which is longer, AC or CE?

AC is longer
What is the total length of AE?

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