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Please help with trig homework

Please help with trig homework-example-1
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Triangle BCD is similar to triangle ACE, so corresponding side lengths are proportional to one another and we have


\frac34=(5.2)/(5.2+x)

Solve for
x:


3(5.2+x)=4\cdot5.2\implies15.6+3x=20.8\implies3x=5.2\implies x\approx1.73

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