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Points J and Kare midpoints of the sides of triangle
FGH.
What is the value of y

Points J and Kare midpoints of the sides of triangle FGH. What is the value of y-example-1
User Danthelion
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Answer:

7

Explanation:

As we can see, the sides of the bigger triangle is twice that or the smaller

Thus, we have it that for similar sides, we simply have to multiply the smaller side length by 2 to give the larger

We have this as:

2(2y + 5) = 5y + 3

4y + 10 = 5y+ 3

5y-4y = 10-3

y = 7

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