Question

!?!

Answer 1

yz is 2

Answer 2

Since they've given you two right triangles that are similar, this'll be a cake walk. The two ticks in the angle indicate that the bottom will be the same, therefore yz will in fact equal two, as indicated by @unkownbeast911 .

Answer 3

but the other numbers dont match.

Answer 4

the other numbers dont matter but in some cases they do just not right know

Answer 5

because they are both identacle sides as you can see

Answer 6

but the entire thing looks congruent. shouldnt XW be the same as ZW then?

Answer 7

ya but i dont know why it is like that

Answer 8

yeah that's why i think there's more to this

Answer 9

maybe and maybe not

Answer 10

Are these two not similar as evidence of the tick marks?

Answer 11

they are similiar. they look congruent but why are the sides different lengths

Answer 12

Perhaps it's not to scale, which is why it could look that way. Eyes lie sometimes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Answer 13

true

Answer 14

there's a lot of perhaps and maybes here..i just need help solving it!! :(

Answer 15

just try 2

Answer 16

It'd make sense to pick 2.

Answer 17

shouldn't there be a problem or something? i'm not just going to write 2. i need to show some kind of work otherwise it is simply just a guess.

Answer 18

shes right

Answer 19

All I got is that since the tick marks are present within W's angle, there would be evidence of similarity.

Answer 20

i see what you're saying but i dont think thats how this works.

does anyone know how to set this problem up or does everyone think guessing 2 is a wise choice? lol

Answer 21

gtg

Answer 22

what do you think @dan815 ?

Answer 23

okay first of all, its not a right triangle in the middle