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OpenStudy (ilovepurple42043):

what is the value of x? (ill post the diagram just give me a few minutes)

OpenStudy (ilovepurple42043):

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OpenStudy (caseysorensen):

what do you think the answer would be i think its D

OpenStudy (ilovepurple42043):

i honestly have no idea how to solve it... so im gonna go with your best guess. thank you :) @caseysorensen

OpenStudy (caseysorensen):

your welcome im the same way but ill try and help as best as i can

OpenStudy (caseysorensen):

:)

hartnn (hartnn):

since the lines are parallel, the triangles are similar, and their sides are proportional. \(\huge \dfrac{x}{x+(x+5)} = \dfrac{x-2}{(x-2)+(x+1)}\) solve this for x :)

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