SOLUTION: The sides of a triangle have lengths 4,8,and 10. What is the length of the shortest side of a similar triangle that has a perimeter of 33?
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Question 724602: The sides of a triangle have lengths 4,8,and 10. What is the length of the shortest side of a similar triangle that has a perimeter of 33?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sides of a triangle have lengths 4,8,and 10. What is the length of the shortest side of a similar triangle that has a perimeter of 33?
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Perimeter of the given triangle: 4+8+10 = 22
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Ratio of new triangle perimeter to given triangle perimeter: 33/22
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short side of a similar triangle = (33/22)*4 = (3/2)4 = 6
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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