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Orlov [11]
4 years ago
8

What is the value of x?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Andrew [12]4 years ago
7 0
<h3>Answer:</h3>

x = 25

<h3>Solution:</h3>

\frac{40}{40+24} = \frac{x}{x +15} \\ \frac{40}{64} = \frac{x}{x +15} \\ \frac{5}{8} = \frac{x}{x +15} \\ 5(x +15) = 8x \\ 5x +75 = 8x \\ 75 = 3x \\ 25 = x

<h3>Explanation:</h3>

Angle BDR is congruent to angle QDC because they share common angles. Angles BRD and QCD are congruent because lines BR and QC are <em>parallel</em> and line DR intersecting them creates <em>two corresponding angles</em>, BRD and QCD. Because of the reasons I mentioned, Triangles DBR and DQC are similar by Angle Angle Similarity Postulate and because these two triangles are similar they must share the same scaling factor of corresponding sides (example: \frac{DQ}{DB}\\). So \frac{DQ}{DB} = \frac{DC}{DR}\\.

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