The solution depends on the value of

. To make things simple, assume

. The homogeneous part of the equation is

and has characteristic equation

which admits the characteristic solution

.
For the solution to the nonhomogeneous equation, a reasonable guess for the particular solution might be

. Then

So you have


This means


and so the general solution would be
Here, You need to apply "Proportionality Theorem"
According to this theorem, the ratio of components of a leg would be equal to the ratio of corresponding components of another leg.
In mathematical form,
AB/BD = AC/CD
Substitute their values,
36/24 = x/18
2/3 = x/18
x = 18*3 / 2
x = 54 / 2
x = 27
In short, Your Answer would be 27
Hope this helps!
So it gives you the "= 210" part of it so you just need to figure out how to write "40% of a number is added to the number"
the questions already tells you that "the number" is "x"
so that means "40% of x is added to x"
instead of writing "add" you can replace it with a plus sign "+"
(40% of x) + x
another way to write 40% of x is 0.40x
so your equation is .4x + x = 210
3/100, is what it should be