Answer: x= 21.20 and y =6.47 (wondering if the numbers written in were given? The lengths seem weird. For the top triangle, the drawing shows one length as 8, the other as 5, but clearly the "5" length is longer than the "8" length shown in the picture?)
Step-by-step explanation:
5/y = 17/22; now cross multiply:
17y = 5(22); 17y = 110; y = 6.47
Now for x:
8/6.47 = (8 + x-2)/22;
8/6.47= (6 + x)/22; now cross multiply:
6.47(6 + x) = 8(22)
38.82 + 6.47x = 176
6.47x = 137.18; divide by 6.47:
x = 21.20
