SOLUTION: GIVEN: In ABC, DE // BC, AD = 9, AE = 12, DE = 10,DB = 18. Find, BC, CE, and AC.

SOLUTION: GIVEN: In ABC, DE // BC, AD = 9, AE = 12, DE = 10,DB = 18. Find, BC, CE, and AC.

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Question 1205859: GIVEN: In ABC, DE // BC,
AD = 9, AE = 12,
DE = 10,DB = 18.
Find,
BC, CE, and AC.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

GIVEN:

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