2(x + 14) = 42 can someone please help me with a step by step explanation

Asap (explain how you got it as well for brainliest)i tried 1: 2 and 2: 3 and they were wrong.picture of figure: in the figure below, the segment is parallel to one side of the triangle. the ratio of 12 to y is1: 21: 31: 42: 3

Avegetable garden and a surrounding path are shaped like a square together are 12 ft wide. the path is 1 feet wide. if one bag of gravel covers 8 square feet, how manu bags are needed to cover the path? round your answers to the nearest tenth.

What two criteria are needed for triangles to be similar