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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

Triangle has side lengths , , and . Two bugs start simultaneously from and crawl along the perimeter of the triangle in opposite directions at the same speed. They meet at point . What is ?
Solution
The perimeter of the triangle is , so the distance that each bug crawls is 9. Therefore , and .
Final answer
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