Ron used 24 cubes to make this 3-step staircase. If he uses a total of 84 cubes to make a similar staircase, how many steps will the staircase have? Think of using objects to solve this problem

Point b lies between points a and c on . let x represent the length of segment ab in inches. use the segment to complete the statements. the value of x is . the length of in inches is . the length of in inches is .