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ANSWER

[tex]|FG| = 19 \: units[/tex]




EXPLANATION


Since the altitude, |GJ| bisects the base of the triangle, it follows that, the triangle is an isosceles triangle.



This implies that,.

[tex]|FG|=|GH|[/tex]

In terms of x, we have the equation.


[tex]5x - 6 = 3x + 4[/tex]


We now group like terms to obtain,



[tex]5x - 3x = 4 + 6[/tex]


This implies that,


[tex]2x = 10[/tex]

Let us divide through by 2 to get,



[tex]x = 5[/tex]

We can see from the diagram that,


[tex]|FG|=5x-6[/tex]

We substitute x=5 to get,


[tex]|FG|=5(5)-6[/tex]


This simplifies to,


[tex]|FG|=25-6[/tex]


[tex]|FG|=19 \: units[/tex]