Question

The figure below shows two congruent triangular parks with .



What is the value of x?

11 m

13 m

9 m

3 m

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

the triangles are congruent (that's given)

Answer 3

so the corresponding sides are equal

Answer 4

So AC = DF

which means

2x - 4 = x+5

Answer 5

what do you get when you solve that for x

Answer 6

3

Answer 7

no, it's not x = 3

Answer 8

2x - 4 = x+5

2x - x = 5+4

x = 9

Answer 9

ohh

Answer 10

maybe you said 3x = 9, which gave you x = 3 ?

Answer 11

yess

Answer 12

ah, i see

Answer 13

:P

Answer 14

silly mistake, but glad you know what you did wrong and you understand what's going on here