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2021-08-09

Use similarity in figures to solve for the value of the x

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Mitchel Aguirre

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Here $D E ∥ A C$
From the figure
$\frac{B E}{B C} = \frac{D E}{A C}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{6}{6 + x} = \frac{x - 1}{2 x + 4}$
$\Rightarrow 6 (2 x + 4) = (6 + x) (x - 1)$
$\Rightarrow 12 x + 24 = 6 x - 6 + x^{2} - x$
$\Rightarrow 12 x + 24 = 5 x + x^{2} - 6$
$\Rightarrow x^{2} + 5 x - 6 - 12 x - 24 = 0$
$\Rightarrow x^{2} - 7 x - 30 = 0$
$\Rightarrow x^{2} - 10 x + 3 x - 30 = 0$
$\Rightarrow x (x - 10) + 3 (x - 10) = 0$
$\Rightarrow (x - 10) (x + 3) = 0$
$\Rightarrow$ either x-10=0 or, x+3=0
$\Rightarrow x = 10 \Rightarrow x = - 3$
x=-3 is not possitive since length is non negative
Hence x=10

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