Question

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Answer 1

Answer:

  A.  x = 7, y = 3

Step-by-step explanation:

The triangles are congruent by HL if the hypotenuses are congruent, and if the marked legs are congruent.

  3x -1 = 6y +2 . . . . hypotenuses are congruent

  2x = 5y -1 . . . . . . .legs are congruent

Subtracting 2 times the first equation from 3 times the second gives ...

  3(2x) -2(3x -1) = 3(5y -1) -2(6y +2)

  6x -6x +2 = 15y -3 -12y -4

  9 = 3y . . . . . . . . . . . add 7 and simplify

  y = 3 . . . . . . . . divide by 3

This value of y matches only answer choice A.