SOLUTION: Triangle EFU is similar to triangle VWU. Find the length of UF. EU=7 WU=55 UF=? Uv=35 What is the length of UF?

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Question 1150973: Triangle EFU is similar to triangle VWU. Find the length of UF.
EU=7
WU=55
UF=?
Uv=35
What is the length of UF?

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

recall: In a pair of similar triangles, corresponding sides are proportional and all three angles are congruent.



if given:



we have
...simplify left side






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