Question

In the figure below, the segment is parallel to one side of the triangle. Find the value of x

Answer 1

(x+12)/(x+6+16) =

Answer 2

At the tringle u given, you'll always know that the smaller triangle is similar to the larger triangle, so the sides have the same ratio but the size is different .
\[(x+12)/(x+6+16) = 12/16 \]