Answer:
x = 15
Step-by-step explanation:
Since the triangles are similar we can find x using similarity ratio
14/8 = (x+6)/(x-3) simplify first expression
7/4 = (x+6)/(x-3) cross multiply expressions
7×(x-3) = 4×(x+6)
7x-21 = 4x + 24 add like terms
3x = 45
x = 15
Answer:
x = 11
Step-by-step explanation:
ΔLKM is an equilateral because a triangle with all 3 sides that are congruent is an equilateral triangle.
Angles in an equilateral triangle are all 60°.
Thus, ∠L = 60°.
=> 3x + 27 = 60
=> 3x = 33
=> x = 11
Check the picture below.
now, we're making an assumption that, the two blue shaded region are equal in shape, and thus if that's so, that area above the 14 is 6 and below it is also 6, 14 + 6 + 6 = 26.
so hmm if we simply get the area of the trapezoid and subtract the area of the yellow triangle and the area of the cyan triangle, what's leftover is what we didn't subtract, namely the shaded region.
![\textit{area of a trapezoid}\\\\ A=\cfrac{h(a+b)}{2}~~ \begin{cases} h~~=height\\ a,b=\stackrel{parallel~sides}{bases~\hfill }\\[-0.5em] \hrulefill\\ h=15\\ a=14\\ b=26 \end{cases}\implies A=\cfrac{15(14+26)}{2}\implies A=300 \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \stackrel{\textit{\Large Areas}}{\stackrel{trapezoid}{300}~~ - ~~\stackrel{yellow~triangle}{\cfrac{1}{2}(26)(9)}~~ - ~~\stackrel{cyan~triangle}{\cfrac{1}{2}(15)(6)}} \\\\\\ 300~~ - ~~117~~ - ~~45\implies 138\qquad \textit{blue shaded area}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7Barea%20of%20a%20trapezoid%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%20A%3D%5Ccfrac%7Bh%28a%2Bb%29%7D%7B2%7D~~%20%5Cbegin%7Bcases%7D%20h~~%3Dheight%5C%5C%20a%2Cb%3D%5Cstackrel%7Bparallel~sides%7D%7Bbases~%5Chfill%20%7D%5C%5C%5B-0.5em%5D%20%5Chrulefill%5C%5C%20h%3D15%5C%5C%20a%3D14%5C%5C%20b%3D26%20%5Cend%7Bcases%7D%5Cimplies%20A%3D%5Ccfrac%7B15%2814%2B26%29%7D%7B2%7D%5Cimplies%20A%3D300%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5B-0.35em%5D%20~%5Cdotfill%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Cstackrel%7B%5Ctextit%7B%5CLarge%20Areas%7D%7D%7B%5Cstackrel%7Btrapezoid%7D%7B300%7D~~%20-%20~~%5Cstackrel%7Byellow~triangle%7D%7B%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%2826%29%289%29%7D~~%20-%20~~%5Cstackrel%7Bcyan~triangle%7D%7B%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%2815%29%286%29%7D%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%20300~~%20-%20~~117~~%20-%20~~45%5Cimplies%20138%5Cqquad%20%5Ctextit%7Bblue%20shaded%20area%7D)
I think 1 is -540 and 2 is -290