Find the value of the variable and the length of each secant segment.

Look at triangle wxy what is the length (in centimeters) of the side wy of the triangle?

Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?

What multiplys to be 1 but adds up to be 4