Question

solve for x

Answer 1

close call because those 2 smaller sides are close in value hehehe
so what I see is

Answer 2

see the correspondence now? from the BIGGEST one containing the 2 smaller ones, to the small one there?

Answer 3

so what you have in correspondence is \(\bf \cfrac{x+2}{5+x} = \cfrac{x}{x+2}\)

Answer 4

i see

Answer 5

cross multiply next......

Answer 6

the rest is just a simple cross multiply, yes