SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! THE TWO POLYGONS SHOWN ARE SIMILAR FIND THE VALUE OF X 10 x -- = -- 6 4 ??? i dont know how to figure this out. doing cross cancelling was in

Question 656229: PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! THE TWO POLYGONS SHOWN ARE SIMILAR FIND THE VALUE OF X
10 x
-- = --
6 4 ??? i dont know how to figure this out. doing cross cancelling was incorrect. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Multiply both sides by

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You just had a problem with the
cross-multiply
I usually multiply both sides by the
LCD, which was in this case

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