Question

Help please :) im not too good at math aha

Answer 1

Answer:

x = 3 and y = 2

Step-by-step explanation:

For the triangles to be congruent.

The hypotenuse and a leg of one triangle and the hypotenuse and a corresponding leg of the other triangle must be congruent, that is

x = y + 1 → (1) congruent legs

3y = x + 3 → (2) congruent hypotenuse

Substitute x = y + 1 into (2)

3y = y + 1 + 3, that is

3y = y + 4 ( subtract y from both sides )

2y = 4 ( divide both sides by 2 )

y = 2

Substitute y = 2 into (1)

x = 2 + 1 = 3