Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
5x - 1 = 4x + 3
x - 1 = 3
x = 4
5(4) - 1 + 4(4) + 3
20 - 1 + 16 + 3
19 + 16 + 3 = 35 + 3 = 38
The length of OM is 4/3 the length of OJ, and the length of ON is 4/3 the length of OK. Thus, two pairs of sides from the triangles are proportional to each other.
Also, angle O from one of the triangles is equal to angle O of the other triangle because they are the same angle.
Thus, the two triangles are similar by SAS (side-angle-side) similarity theorem. This theorem is quite similar to the SAS congruence theorem.
To make a similarity statement, we just have to match corresponding parts when naming the triangle.
Similarity statement: ΔOJK~ΔOMN