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How to do?,what is X and Y?
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Because the triangles are similar, corresponding sides have the same ratio.
.. AB/DE = BC/EC = AC/DC
.. 24/18 = 8/y = (15 +x)/15
Then we can solve for x and y.
.. x = 15*(24/18) -15 = 5
.. y = 8*(18/24) = 6
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