Question

Look at the figure below.

What is the value of x?

14

5

9

15

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 can you help me out?

Answer 2

the two triangles are similar, so you can say this

9/5 = (8 + x-5)/(x-5)

solve that for x to get your answer

Answer 3

i dont know how to solve that

Answer 4

9/5 = (8 + x-5)/(x-5)

9/5 = (x+3)/(x-5)

9(x-5) = 5(x+3)

does that help?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

ok great

Answer 7

the answer is 15

Answer 8

yep