Question

Help help help help help help help likeeeeee help

Answer 1

How do you do this?



What are the values of x and y?

Answer 2

I take it you need help? Just a guess...

Answer 3

lol yeah I don't know how to solve that

Answer 4

Anywho, whoever made this question was nice enough to give you three, coinciding, similar triangles. Since angle BAC = angle DBC, the three possible triangles are similar. Now to avoid confusion, its probably better to draw it out.

Answer 5

okay i see where your going

Answer 6

now just use the properties of similar triangles to solve for your variables

For example:
\[\frac{ 15+x }{ 17 } = \frac{ 17 }{ 15 }\]

Answer 7

once you find x, you can use pythagorean theorem (y^2 = x^2 + 8^2) to solve for y

Answer 8

okayy… would that be

15x/17 = 17/15……

17(17)=15x(15)?


0r does 17/17 cancel out leaving 15x(15)

Answer 9

so you are solving for x so first multiply both sides by 17:
x+15 = 17* 17/15
then subtract 15 from both sides
x= ((17*17)/15)-15

Answer 10

so it would be 4.26 or 4.3

Answer 11

4.26666666666666666666..... it goes on for a while..... I'm not sure if you need an exact answer or not, but I'd leave the rounding until the end. Try and keep as many digits as you can or keep it in fractional form until then end!

Answer 12

wait but my answer choices are

x=136/15, y=17/15

x=64/15, y=17/15

x=8/15, y= 136/15

x=64/15, y= 136/15

Answer 13

so i don't understand?

Answer 14

so you probably want to keep your answers in fractional form then.
first put everything in a common denominator
17*17/15 = 289/15. 15*(15/15) = 225/15
then evaluate and solve for x
x = 289/15-225/15 = 64/15

Answer 15

then go back to Pythagorean theorem (y^2 = x^2 + 8^2) to solve for y.

y = sqrt(x^2 +8^2) = sqrt((64/15)^2+64) which will simplify to 136/15.

the last answer choice is correct

Answer 16

your perfffect thnx!