Triangle ABC and triangle DEF are similar. Find the value of x and y
First triangle is 21 and 12 the second triangle is 6 and 4
To find the values of x and y, we need to set up a proportion between the corresponding sides of the two triangles.
Let x be the length of side AB and side DE, and y be the length of side AC and side DF.
From the given information:
x / 21 = y / 6 (corresponding sides of triangles ABC and DEF)
x / 12 = y / 4 (corresponding sides of triangles ABC and DEF)
Now we can cross multiply to solve for x and y:
21y = 6x
12y = 4x
Solving the system of equations, we get:
y = 2x
21(2x) = 6x
42x = 6x
36x = 0
x = 0
So x = 0 and y = 0. As a result, the value of x and y in the given scenario is 0.