Question from Medium difficulty(Greg's video)

GRE Quant Problem Solving
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Am I missing something?

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How do you know that x + y = 6?

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Got it. Thanks

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I have erroneously assumed hypotenuse as 6. That’s the flaw.(In the first picture)