Question

Find x and y please!! I’m desperate!!!

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

  (x, y) = (4, 2)

Step-by-step explanation:

The triangles are similar by AA similarity, so the corresponding angles are congruent.

  5x -y = 18 . . . . . . unmarked angles are congruent

  18 +(3x+y) +148 = 180 . . . . . sum of angles in a triangle is 180°

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After subtracting 166 from both sides, the second equation simplifies to ...

  3x +y = 14

Adding this to the first equation gives ...

  8x = 32

  x = 4 . . . . . . divide by 8

Then substituting for x in the first equation gives ...

  5(4) -y = 18

  20 -18 = y = 2

The values of the variables are x = 4, y = 2.

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The angle marked with a double mark is 14°, given by the simplified second equation.

Answer 2

Answer:

x = 4

y = 2

Step-by-step explanation:

the third angle of the triangle

180 - (148 + 18) = 14º

Therefor

3x + y = 14

5x - y = 18

Add the equations

8x = 32

Divide both sides by 8

x = 4

Plug in x = 4

3(4) + y = 14

12 + y = 14

y = 2