Answer:
1)Evaluate the left-hand side expression at the given value to get a number.
2)Evaluate the right-hand side expression at the given value to get a number.
3)See if the numbers match.
Sorry if wrong
Answer:
y = 5, -4
Step-by-step explanation:
To solve proportions you cross-multiply.

Now that we have 8 = y^2 - y - 12, we must make the entire trinomial equal to 0 by subtracting 8 from both sides.
y^2 - y - 20 = 0
Factor the trinomial.
(y - 5)(y + 4) = 0
Make both factors equal to 0 to solve for both values of y.
- y - 5 = 0 --> y = 5
- y + 4 = 0 --> y = -4
y = 5, -4
In the smaller triangle, let
be the length of the smallest leg. Then the smallest leg in the larger triangle is
.
Within the scope of the smaller triangle, we have
such that

Then within the larger the triangle, we would have

Now we can solve for
:


I would estimate about 240