Question

Please help me! What is x and y? Thank you!

Answer 1

Answer:

x=3. y=6

Step-by-step explanation:

So, to solve x and y, we need to take the equivelent sides of the two triangles, take their equations, and solve them.

So to find what x equals, we can take the 13, and make it equal to the 4x+1:

13=4x+1

Subtract the one from both sides:

12=4x

Divide both sides by 4:

3=x

Or

x=3

So we know the x value is 3.

Now lets solve for y using the bottom equations:

2x+y=8x-2y

Subtract 1y from both sides:

2x=8x-3y

Subtract 8x from both sides:

-6x=-3y

Divide both sides by -6:

x=1/2y

So we already know that x=3, lets plug that in for x, and solve for y:

3=1/2y

Or

1/2y=3

Multiply both sides by 2 to get 1y:

y=6

So we know that y is equal to 6.

Hope this helps!