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Integrated math 2 NEED HELP ASAP

Integrated math 2 NEED HELP ASAP-example-1
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Answer:

56

Explanation:

Since the 2 triangles are congruent, the ratio of their sides are also equal. Therefore, we can set up an equation:


(10)/(16)=(3x+2)/(5x+1)\\(5)/(8)=(3x+2)/(5x+1)\\5(5x+1)=8(3x+2)\\25x+5=24x+16\\x=11

Now that we know x, we can plug in x as 11 into the expression of DE to solve for DE:

5*11+1

=56

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