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Find the value of each variable. Write your answer in the simplest radical form.

Find the value of each variable. Write your answer in the simplest radical form.-example-1

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The two smaller triangles are similar to each other and to the larger one.
.. 12/x = x/6 . . . . . ratio of long leg to short leg
.. x^2 = 6*12
.. x = 6√2

.. y/12 = 18/y . . . . . ratio of hypotenuse to long leg
.. y^2 = 12*18
.. y = 6√6

In summary,
x = 6√2
y = 6√6
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