50 POINTS: Please help thank you so much!! (Image attached) The polygons are similar. Find the values of the variables. I know from the answer key that the answers are x=
3 \sqrt{10}310​
and y=
2 \sqrt{10}210​
but I'm not sure how to get there...​

x = 3/5√10

y = 2√10

Step-by-step explanation:

using the Pythagorean theorem:

y² = 7² - 3² = 49 - 9

y² = 40

y = 2√10

3/4.5 = y/5x

4.5y = 15x

substitute for y:

4.5(2√10) = 15x

15x = 9√10

divide both sides of the equation by 15:

x = (9√10)/15 = 3/5√10

the solution of the equation is 2.23 ⇒ answer b

step-by-step explanation:

* lets revise the meaning of exponential function

- the form of the exponential function is y = ab^x, where a ≠ 0, b > 0 ,  

  b ≠ 1, and x is any real number

- it has a constant base b

- it has a variable exponent x

- to solve an exponential equation, take the log or ln of both sides,  

  and solve for the variable

* lets solve the problem

∵

- the base is 7 and the exponent is x

- insert ㏑ in both sides

∴

- use the rule

∴ x ㏑(7) = ㏑(77)

- to find x divide both sides by ㏑(7)

∴

* the solution of the equation is 2.23 to the nearest 2 decimal places