Question

How do I find the value of y?

Answer 1

The two triangles, the small and the large are similar. This means that the ratio of their respective sides will be the same. Therefore:\[\frac{ 8 +12}{ 12 }=\frac{ y }{ 24 } \implies \frac{ 5 }{ 3 }=\frac{ y }{ 24 }\]Can you solve for y now?

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Answer 2

Thank you for your help.
I got y=40 as the answer

Answer 3

There you go :)

Answer 4

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