In the middle of the page draw a equilateral triangle with 2 inch sides and the bottom parallel to the of the page

The sum of the angle of a triangle is 180 degrees. If you are to draw a pattern of equilateral triangles then you know that an equilateral triangle has three equal sides. Also, its angles are the same, having 60 degrees at each corner of the triangle. A triangle cannot qualify as an equilateral triangle if it is greater than 180 degrees or less than 180 degrees as a total angle. Also if a triangle that has no two right angles, then it is called a scalene triangle.  If the triangle has two right angles, it is called isosceles triangle. A triangle with equal sides is called an equilateral triangle.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4