Explanation
Correct answer: 54.
The figure shown includes two triangles, triangle and triangle , such that angle and angle are vertical angles. It follows that angle is congruent to angle . It's also given in the figure that the measures of angle and angle are . Therefore angle is congruent to angle . Since triangle and triangle have two pairs of congruent angles, triangle is similar to triangle by the angle-angle similarity postulate, where corresponds to , and corresponds to . Since the lengths of corresponding sides in similar triangles are proportional, it follows that . It's given that , , and . Substituting for , for , and for in the equation yields . Multiplying each side of this equation by yields , or . Therefore, the length of is .
Desmos solution:
Note: The equal and vertical angles make the triangles similar, so the proportion matches corresponding sides to find YZ.
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