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What is the value of x and y?

What is the value of x and y?-example-1

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Answer:

X=3.33 Y=2.67

Explanation:

Total length is 6 and one side has a hypotenuse of 5 and the other of 4. We find the length of the bases by dividing the lenght of the hypotenuse by the combined length.

X 5/9 x 6 = 3.33

Y 4/9 x 6 = 2.67

Notice they add up to 6

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