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HELP ME WITH BOTH OF THESE PLEASE!!

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Two triangles here: one with hypotenuse 8 the other with hyp 12.

Write and solve an equation of ratios:

x+4 8
-------- = ----
2x+1 12

Then 12x+48=16x + 8, or 40 = 4x, or x=10 (answer)
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