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Scale and Similarity:Question 10 Given that the two right triangles below are similar, what is the value of x?

Scale and SimilarityQuestion 10 Given that the two right triangles below are similar what is the value of x class=

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ZaronM682534 ZaronM682534
  • 03-11-2022

To solve the exercise you can apply the ratio

[tex]\frac{5}{2}=\frac{x}{4}[/tex]

Now, multiply by 4 on both sides of the equation

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{2}\cdot4=\frac{x}{4}\cdot4 \\ \frac{5\cdot4}{2}=x \\ \frac{20}{2}=x \\ 10=x \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the value of x is 10.

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