SOLUTION: need a little help please. Pair of similar triangles find the value of x....triangle 1 - Z to X is 14, X to Y is unknown, Y to Z has x btwn them..triangle 2

SOLUTION: need a little help please. Pair of similar triangles find the value of x....triangle 1 - Z to X is 14, X to Y is unknown, Y to Z has x btwn them..triangle 2 - F to H is 12, H to G

Question 662390: need a little help please. Pair of similar triangles find the value of x....triangle 1 - Z to X is 14, X to Y is unknown, Y to Z has x btwn them..triangle 2 - F to H is 12, H to G is 9, G to F is unknown. Any help would be much appreciated. thank you
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With similar triangles, you need to know which side of one triangle corresponds to each side in the other triangle.
That is not clear in your problem, but I will make my best guess.

One way to indicate which pairs of sides are corresponding sides is naming the similar triangles by listing corresponding sides in the same order.
Saying that triangle is similar to triangle implies that
side corresponds to side ,
side corresponds to side ,
and side corresponds to side .

If triangle is similar to triangle , the ratios of the lengths of corresponding sides are the same, so
==
It appears to be that
, , , and .
Substituting those values into
= we get
= --> -->
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