In the second party system, whigs versus democrats, which which party was the “liberal” party in terms of wanting to use the power of the federal government and which was the “conservative” party?

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.