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What is the value of x?

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

x = 98 mm

Explanation:

The angle bisector divides the triangle into proportional parts.

VY/VT = KY/KT

VY = VT(KY/KT) . . . . solve for VY

What we really want is VY + KY, so we can form that sum as ...

VY +KY = KY(VT/KT) +KY

x = KY(1 +VT/KT) = (68 mm)(1 +57/129.2)

x = 98 mm

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