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What is the value of x?

What is the value of x?-example-1
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Answer:

x=4

Explanation:

By SAS we know that


\triangle ABE \sim \triangle ADC

by a ratio of


1:2

so we have


(BE)/(DC)=(1)/(2)\\\\2BE=DC\\\\2(x+2)=12\\\\2x+4=12\\\\2x=12-4\\\\2x=8\\\\x=4

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