Triangle Q R S is cut by line segment V W. Point V is the midpoint of side Q S and point W is the midpoint of side R S. The length of Q R is 3 a + 6, the length of V W is 2 a minus 2, and the length of V S is 2 a. If V is the midpoint of Line segment Q S and W is the midpoint of Line segment R S, then what is VS?

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20 units

Step-by-step explanation:

We can see that triangle QRS and triangle VWS are similar triangles.

Similar triangles are triangles in which the ratio of their corresponding sides are in the same proportion.

V is the midpoint of QS.

VS = 2a, QS = 2 * VS = 2(2a) = 4a

Since both triangles are similar triangles, hence:

\begin{gathered}\frac{VS}{QS}=\frac{VW}{QR}frac{2a}{4a} =\frac{2a-2}{3a+6} frac{2a-2}{3a+6} =\frac{1}{2} 2(2a-2)=3a+64a-4=3a+6a=10\ unitsVS=2a=2(10)=20\ units\end{gathered}

QS

VS

=

QR

VW

4a

2a

=

3a+6

2a−2

3a+6

2a−2

=

2

1

2(2a−2)=3a+6

4a−4=3a+6

a=10 units

VS=2a=2(10)=20 units

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20 UNITS

Step-by-step explanation:

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the answer is:

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to solve the problem, we need to remember the quotient of power property, it's defined by the following relation:

if we have a quotienf of powers that have the same base, we need to keep the same base and subtract the exponent of the denominator power to the exponent of the numerator power.

so, we are given the expression:

then, calculating we have:

hence, the answer is:

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