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Given ABC find the values of x and y. In your final answer, include all of your calculations.
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Question 1028930: Please help with this problem. I have been trying for days to solve this.
Given ABC find the values of x and y. In your final answer, include all of your calculations.
http://prntscr.com/aq8ptk Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Due to similar triangles, we have the following relationships
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h^2 = 9(x-9)
y^2 = 9x
36 = (x-9)(x)
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36 = x^2-9x
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x^2-9x-36 = 0
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(x-12)(x+3) = 0
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x = 12 and x = -3
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we want the positive value for x
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y^2 = 9 * 12
y^2 = 108
y = square root(108) = 6 * square root(3)
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x = 12
y = 6 * square root(3)
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