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Find x , y PLEASE HELP

Solve the following problems: Find x , y PLEASE HELP-example-1

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Answer:

x=5/4, y=7/4

Explanation:

This is a similar triangles problem.

The first triangle (the smaller one) has the lengths 5, 8 and 7.

The second triangle (the lager one) has the lengths 5+x, 10, and 7+y

Let's first solve for x

In any similar triangles problem, you can make two ratios (all the ratios of the sides are the same)

since we don't know the measures for x and y first, we can use the ratio of the parallel lines (the bases) as the first ratio (8/10)

For the second ratio, it's smaller/bigger, so it'll be 5/(x+5)

here's the proportion

5/(x+5)=8/10

But before we multiply, we can simplify 8/10 to 4/5

so

5/(x+5)=4/5

Cross multiply

25=4x+20

5=4x

5/4=x

For y, we can do a similar process

We can use 8/10 or 4/5 again

and the ratio of the sides for y will be 7/(y+7)

7/(y+7)=4/5

35=4y+28

7=4y

7/4=y

Hope this helps!

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