Although the media glorified trench life, what was the actual truth about the solider trapped in the trenches

Explanation:

The soldiers caught many diseases while in the trenches, including trench foot and trench fever.

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answer: this problem has only trivial solutions, with all points on the same line. x=5 or x=7/5.

step-by-step explanation:

there are three triangles, and three unknowns: x, y=length of middle segment, and z=cos(angles marked with red arc).

we need

and law of cosines,

the three equations are

see attached image for solution.