Lucia R. answered 08/18/22
Former high school math teacher with 12 years experience
The first one is entered incorrectly because if B is between C and D, then BD cannot be larger than CD.
For the 2nd example,
CB + BD = CD
so since CB = 4x-9 and BD = 3x+5, and CD = 17, then 4x-9 + 3x+5 = 17.
Keeping variables on the left, we get 7x = 21 so x = 3.