Question

Please help me I don’t understand, find the missing side length

Answer 1

Given:

The length of the sides of the triangles is given.

Required:

Find the length of the missing side.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the length of the missing side is x.

By using the triangle proportionality theorem

`(5)/(2)=(x)/(14-x)`

solve the equation by cross multiplication.

`\begin{gathered} 2x=5(14-x) \\ 2x=70-5x \\ 7x=70 \\ x=(70)/(7) \\ x=10 \end{gathered}`

Final Answer:

The missing length will be