document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=148395>Question 148395</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> given the figure Triangle ABC, with point D on line segment AB and point E on line segment AC, DE parallel to BC, AD=4, DB=5, and EC=7, then AC=? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "By  proprotional intercept property,  DB / AB = EC / AC <BR>\n" );
document.write( "              AB = AD + DB = 4 + 5 = 9 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   SUBSTITUTING THE GIVEN VALUES\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                              5 /9 = 7 / AC<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                            AC = (9 * 7 ) / 5 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                               = 63 / 5 = 12.6 \r<BR>\n" );
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