Question

Given: Mis the midpoint of TV. Solye for k 9k + 4 M i Response

Answer 1

$\begin{gathered} TV=TM+MV \\ \text{Where:} \\ TV=24k \\ TM=MV=9k+4 \\ so\colon \\ 24k=9k+4+9k+4 \end{gathered}$

Solving for k:

$\begin{gathered} 24k=18k+8 \\ 6k=8 \\ k=\frac{8}{6} \\ k=\frac{4}{3} \end{gathered}$