document.write( "Question 612491: a triangle has sides of 4,7, and 10. in a similar triangle the shortest side is 8 and the longest side is x. write a proportion for that models the situation. solve the proportion for x \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "a triangle has sides of 4,7, and 10. 
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document.write( "in a similar triangle the shortest side is 8 and the longest side is x. 
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document.write( "    ||Cross Multiplying to solve
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document.write( "      4x = 80
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document.write( "       x = 20 \n" );
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