Question 261876
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The segment addition principle says that if a segment is divided into a number of smaller segments then I can add the measures of all of the small segments to get the measure of the original segment.  In other words:


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ LM\ +\ MN\ =\ LN]


Substituting the given values we get:


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \left(3x\,+\,8\right)\ +\ \left(2x\,-\,5\right)\ =\ 23]


Solve the equation for *[tex \Large x].


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
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