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Answer:

3. (x, y) = (20, 30)

4. (x, y) = (30, 4)

Explanation:

You have equilateral triangles in two different configurations, and you want to find the values marked x and y.

3.

All of the angles marked with an arc are congruent, so all are 60°. The angle marked 80° is an external angle to the top/left triangle. Its value is the sum of the values of the remote interior angles:

80° = 60° +x°

20° = x° . . . . . . . subtract 60°

x = 20

The sides of the equilateral triangle are congruent, so all are length 46. That means the right side is ...

16 +y = 46

y = 30 . . . . . . . subtract 16

(x, y) = (20, 30)

4.

All of the angles marked with an arc are congruent, so all are 60°. The top 60° angle of the equilateral triangle is an external angle to the isosceles triangle at top/right. Its two base angles are the remote interior angles with respect to that 60° exterior angle, so their sum is 60°:

x° +x° = 60°

x = 30

The two marked legs of the isosceles triangle are both 20, which means all sides of the equilateral triangle are length 20.

5y = 20

y = 4 . . . . . . . divide by 5

(x, y) = (30, 4)

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