SOLUTION: IF YOU HAVE TWO TRIANGLES AND THEY ARE SIMILAR TO EAC OTHER, ONE NAMED PQR AND THE OTHER NAMED XYZ, AND PQR SIDES ARE LABELED SIDE QP=9 AND SIDE PR=27. AND TRIANGLE XYZ HAS YX=5. A

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Question 200556: IF YOU HAVE TWO TRIANGLES AND THEY ARE SIMILAR TO EAC OTHER, ONE NAMED PQR AND THE OTHER NAMED XYZ, AND PQR SIDES ARE LABELED SIDE QP=9 AND SIDE PR=27. AND TRIANGLE XYZ HAS YX=5. AND QP=YX AND PR=ZX. AND I HAD TO FIND THE MISSING SIDE WHICH IS ZX, WHAT WILL BE THE ANSWER.

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Answer by RAY100(1637) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a rough sketch is important, size is not
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Label carefully, p matches x, q matches y, and r matches z
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pq and xy are proportional as triangles are similar,,,SF = 5/9,,,,,,, (scale factor)
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applying scale factor to pr =27,,,,27 *5/9 = 15 for XZ
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applying scale factor to zy =5,,,,, 5*9/5 = 9 for RQ
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