The isosceles triangle below has height AQ of length 3 and base BC of length 2. A point P may be placed anywhere along the line segment AQ. What is the minimum value of the sum of the lengths of AP, BP, and CP?

this is answer of 144 cubic meters

the terms in pattern b are 4 times the terms in pattern a

try this. the error is that sariah was combining a constant (4.5) with a variable with a coefficient, thus getting an inaccurate answer.

this is also assuming that you meant to put an equal sign before the 4.5 + x 35 x

to solve this problem, the strategy used is just to solve it yourself and find the correct answer by combining like terms.

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